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The 100 most popular News audiences in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3.2k news audiences tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. MSN, Local news and Yahoo! News lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 150M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 7.4M, and the largest, MSN, reaches around 60M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United States. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in United States, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in United States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 MSN 60M 45.2 58.1%
2 Local news 57M 45.4 53.3%
3 Yahoo! News 33M 40.3 61.2%
4 Electronic publishing 31M 46.2 56.8%
5 Online newspaper 30M 45.5 50.2%
6 USA Today 29M 41.6 54.3% Newspaper
7 Daily Mail 29M 42.2 55.1% Newspaper
8 Google News 27M 42.1 52.5%
9 Journalist 23M 43.8 52.7%
10 The New York Times 23M 42.4 57.8% Newspaper
11 News magazine 23M 44.6 51.8%
12 New York Post 22M 43.8 55.9% Newspaper
13 Opinion poll 12M 47.3 47.7%
14 Newsweek 12M 45.3 52.2%
15 Gateway Pundit 11M 50.4 43.2%
16 Time (magazine) 11M 42.0 53.5%
17 The Huffington Post 11M 38.7 60.6% News
18 The Independent 9.6M 43.2 54.3% Newspaper
19 The Guardian 8.5M 40.6 50.3% Newspaper
20 Investigative journalism 7.4M 45.3 47.7%
21 The Hill (newspaper) 7.3M 46.3 53.2%
22 Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad 7.3M 43.6 54.4%
23 The Atlantic 6.3M 46.2 54.2% Newspaper
24 The New Yorker 6.1M 43.7 60.4%
25 The Chive 5.9M 39.8 44.0%
26 Métro (Canadian newspaper) 5.8M 29.8 45.1%
27 Paparazzi 5.7M 43.1 65.4% Video game
28 Reuters 5.7M 45.4 46.4%
29 Deadline.com 5.5M 44.6 52.8%
30 Daily News (New York) 5.4M 43.2 45.5%
31 The Raw Story 5.2M 43.6 65.7% Newspaper
32 Boston (magazine) 5.2M 45.3 64.8%
33 Philadelphia (magazine) 5M 45.2 58.6%
34 Newsagent's shop 4.8M 42.9 46.2%
35 Democrat and Chronicle 4.8M 44.3 61.6% Newspaper
36 OK! 4.8M 39.9 76.8%
37 Tribune 4.7M 50.0 54.5%
38 Today (Singapore newspaper) 4.6M 40.8 61.2%
39 Sports journalism 4.6M 37.2 26.6%
40 Dawn (newspaper) 4.5M 38.1 58.0%
41 Star (Turkish newspaper) 4.2M 35.4 49.7%
42 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 4.1M 44.0 52.9% Newspaper
43 NBCNews.com 3.9M 43.4 60.7%
44 Infographic 3.7M 40.6 34.9%
45 News agency 3.5M 44.0 44.5%
46 The Times of India 3.5M 35.8 48.4% Newspaper
47 Associated Press 3.5M 45.3 49.7% Charity
48 Focus 3.5M — — Newspaper
49 The Source (magazine) 3.4M 31.1 41.6%
50 Tallahassee Democrat 3.3M 42.1 57.3% Newspaper
51 Eenadu 3.2M 37.0 26.3% Newspaper
52 The Washington Examiner 3.2M 51.1 33.7% Newspaper
53 Interactive media 3.1M 43.1 54.3%
54 Alternative media 3.1M 44.7 67.2%
55 National Review 3.1M 48.8 41.3%
56 Algemeen Dagblad 3.1M 39.0 44.3% Newspaper
57 Daily Mirror 3M 40.6 58.2% Newspaper
58 Christianity Today 2.9M 43.1 73.0%
59 The Times 2.8M 41.5 63.1% Newspaper
60 Star Tribune 2.8M 44.4 55.4% Newspaper
61 Financial Times 2.8M 38.7 47.2% Newspaper
62 Daily Express 2.8M 48.4 67.4% Newspaper
63 The Grio 2.8M 43.0 66.5%
64 Celebrity Gossip 2.8M 33.7 66.3%
65 Reader's Digest 2.7M 48.2 71.3%
66 The Standard (Hong Kong) 2.7M 38.3 100.0% Newspaper
67 Chicago Tribune 2.7M 44.9 46.7% Newspaper
68 The Jerusalem Post 2.7M 43.1 53.5% Newspaper
69 Resumé (magazine) 2.7M 32.4 45.5% Newspaper
70 Ynet 2.6M 42.8 46.5%
71 ATTN: 2.6M 40.1 59.9%
72 Mediaite 2.6M 52.5 37.0%
73 Milenio 2.5M 41.6 42.1%
74 El País 2.5M 38.9 45.7% Newspaper
75 Current affairs (news format) 2.5M 38.2 43.5%
76 TVLine 2.4M 46.4 70.8%
77 Interview (magazine) 2.4M 44.6 53.3%
78 Mother Jones (magazine) 2.4M 46.3 61.6%
79 al.com 2.4M 43.8 55.4% Newspaper
80 Now (newspaper) 2.4M 32.1 36.2% Newspaper
81 The Stranger (newspaper) 2.3M 38.5 56.4% Newspaper
82 News satire 2.3M 43.0 48.0%
83 Detroit Free Press 2.3M 44.3 47.0% Newspaper
84 Infobae 2.3M 37.5 51.1%
85 The Edge (Malaysia) 2.2M 40.1 53.2%
86 Rapport (newspaper) 2.1M — — Newspaper
87 VnExpress 2.1M 39.2 51.8%
88 Hot Air (news site) 2M 52.1 42.9%
89 Christian Today 1.9M 46.5 74.5%
90 San Francisco Chronicle 1.9M 44.9 54.7% Newspaper
91 Houston Chronicle 1.9M 42.3 49.9% Newspaper
92 South China Morning Post 1.9M 39.5 64.8% Newspaper
93 Daily News and Analysis 1.9M 40.7 37.9% Newspaper
94 Citation 1.9M 31.6 80.0%
95 Negocios Y Emprendimiento 1.9M 29.8 60.3%
96 Primera Hora (Puerto Rico) 1.9M 36.8 55.3%
97 Editorial 1.8M 41.3 53.0%
98 Atlanta Times 1.8M 41.5 56.7% Newspaper
99 Barron's (newspaper) 1.7M 47.5 33.1%
100 Quartz (publication) 1.7M 41.9 48.3%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular news audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each news audience by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest news audience in United States?

MSN currently leads with an estimated audience of 60M people in United States.

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