Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Newspapers in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.3k newspapers tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. USA Today, The New York Times and Daily Mail lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 100M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.1M, and the largest, USA Today, reaches around 35M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each newspaper, 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 USA Today 35M 41.6 54.3% Newspaper
2 The New York Times 33M 42.4 57.8% Newspaper
3 Daily Mail 32M 42.2 55.1% Newspaper
4 New York Post 27M 43.8 55.9% Newspaper
5 The Washington Post 20M 44.8 49.1% Newspaper
6 The Guardian 8.4M 40.6 50.3% Newspaper
7 The Atlantic 6.7M 46.2 54.2% Newspaper
8 The Independent 5.8M 43.2 54.3% Newspaper
9 The Raw Story 5.4M 43.6 65.7% Newspaper
10 The Times of India 4.6M 35.8 48.4% Newspaper
11 Democrat and Chronicle 3.8M 44.3 61.6% Newspaper
12 Focus 3.6M — — Newspaper
13 The Washington Examiner 3.5M 51.1 33.7% Newspaper
14 Algemeen Dagblad 3.3M 39.0 44.3% Newspaper
15 The Standard (Hong Kong) 2.9M 38.3 100.0% Newspaper
16 Chicago Tribune 2.8M 44.9 46.7% Newspaper
17 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 2.8M 44.0 52.9% Newspaper
18 Resumé (magazine) 2.8M 32.4 45.5% Newspaper
19 The Jerusalem Post 2.8M 43.1 53.5% Newspaper
20 Star Tribune 2.8M 44.4 55.4% Newspaper
21 Financial Times 2.7M 38.7 47.2% Newspaper
22 The Times 2.5M 41.5 63.1% Newspaper
23 Now (newspaper) 2.5M 32.1 36.2% Newspaper
24 Tallahassee Democrat 2.5M 42.1 57.3% Newspaper
25 The Stranger (newspaper) 2.5M 38.5 56.4% Newspaper
26 al.com 2.4M 43.8 55.4% Newspaper
27 Detroit Free Press 2.3M 44.3 47.0% Newspaper
28 Eenadu 2.2M 37.0 26.3% Newspaper
29 Rapport (newspaper) 2.1M — — Newspaper
30 Houston Chronicle 2M 42.3 49.9% Newspaper
31 Daily News and Analysis 2M 40.7 37.9% Newspaper
32 El País 1.9M 38.9 45.7% Newspaper
33 Atlanta Times 1.9M 41.5 56.7% Newspaper
34 Daily Mirror 1.8M 40.6 58.2% Newspaper
35 San Francisco Chronicle 1.8M 44.9 54.7% Newspaper
36 South China Morning Post 1.7M 39.5 64.8% Newspaper
37 Marca (newspaper) 1.7M 36.9 25.3% Newspaper
38 Daily Express 1.7M 48.4 67.4% Newspaper
39 Automotive news 1.6M 44.7 24.2% Newspaper
40 The Boston Globe 1.6M 47.0 58.1% Newspaper
41 The Oregonian 1.6M 43.3 59.9% Newspaper
42 Clarín (Argentine newspaper) 1.5M 39.2 48.1% Newspaper
43 Defense News 1.5M 47.8 25.0% Newspaper
44 Hispanic Society of America 1.4M 44.9 50.3% Newspaper
45 San Antonio Express-News 1.4M 37.5 59.6% Newspaper
46 The Manila Times 1.4M 46.2 36.7% Newspaper
47 Deseret News 1.3M 47.1 52.6% Newspaper
48 The Standard 1.3M 34.9 49.6% Newspaper
49 The Times-Picayune 1.3M 43.8 58.2% Newspaper
50 Army Times 1.3M 41.7 29.6% Newspaper
51 El Tiempo (Colombia) 1.2M 38.7 48.1% Newspaper
52 The Press Democrat 1.2M 42.0 63.1% Newspaper
53 The Seattle Times 1.2M 44.0 53.5% Newspaper
54 ADN (newspaper) 1.2M 35.8 0.0% Newspaper
55 Marine Corps Times 1.2M 40.6 25.6% Newspaper
56 The Advocate 1.2M 38.0 47.5% Newspaper
57 The Economic Times 1.2M 39.0 41.8% Newspaper
58 Tampa Bay Times 1.1M 45.4 50.6% Newspaper
59 Chicago Sun-Times 1.1M 47.8 52.9% Newspaper
60 Al-Quds (newspaper) 1.1M 30.1 64.1% Newspaper
61 Education Week 1.1M 45.5 77.4% Newspaper
62 The Philadelphia Inquirer 1M 44.9 49.5% Newspaper
63 The Jamaica Observer 1M 40.2 61.4% Newspaper
64 Navy Times 1M 43.2 29.2% Newspaper
65 The Wall Street Journal 976k 43.9 48.7% Newspaper
66 The Baltimore Sun 965k 44.1 52.3% Newspaper
67 Èxtra 957k 34.3 48.4% Newspaper
68 Bild 954k 37.5 50.0% Newspaper
69 The Detroit News 944k 45.1 48.1% Newspaper
70 Portland Press Herald 937k 45.3 63.1% Newspaper
71 The Daily Signal 936k 53.0 42.9% Newspaper
72 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 933k 46.1 40.2% Newspaper
73 Sun-Sentinel 933k 41.9 65.7% Newspaper
74 Roll Call 933k 48.0 50.7% Newspaper
75 El Comercio (Peru) 910k 40.6 43.8% Newspaper
76 Slobodna Bosna 894k 45.4 0.0% Newspaper
77 The Indian Express 893k 38.1 43.9% Newspaper
78 Divya Bhaskar 893k 42.6 46.5% Newspaper
79 World Journal 873k 41.8 63.2% Newspaper
80 Bangor Daily News 873k 44.1 61.0% Newspaper
81 El Mundo (Colombia) 873k 35.2 40.3% Newspaper
82 Orange County Register 871k 41.9 59.7% Newspaper
83 Miami Herald 856k 41.2 53.1% Newspaper
84 The Chronicle of Philanthropy 854k 49.5 71.3% Newspaper
85 Dagens Industri 846k 38.7 82.2% Newspaper
86 Jamaica Gleaner 844k 41.0 61.6% Newspaper
87 Excélsior 839k 40.8 45.3% Newspaper
88 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 838k 43.7 55.7% Newspaper
89 Belleville News-Democrat 817k 42.5 64.4% Newspaper
90 The Express-Times 804k 43.1 60.9% Newspaper
91 El Vocero 796k 40.0 57.8% Newspaper
92 RedEye 795k 39.3 23.0% Newspaper
93 Prothom Alo 792k 29.6 57.3% Newspaper
94 The Star (South Africa) 762k — — Newspaper
95 Las Vegas Review-Journal 758k 43.8 46.0% Newspaper
96 Boston Herald 746k 49.8 44.0% Newspaper
97 Los Angeles Times 729k 45.3 50.0% Newspaper
98 Gujarat Samachar 712k 42.1 45.6% Newspaper
99 The New Republic 710k 48.8 37.5% Newspaper
100 Hindustan Times 708k 34.8 43.1% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each newspaper 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 newspaper in United States?

USA Today currently leads with an estimated audience of 35M people in United States.

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