Top Newspapers Websites in France

Name: Top websites in France (Newspapers)
Creator: Semrush
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Based on data from the Semrush Traffic Analytics tool, this page reveals the most visited websites. We will be updating this list on a monthly basis, so you can keep track of all the market shifts and spot changes in user interest.

Most Visited Newspapers Websites in France, Updated February 2026

February 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

youtube.com

873.31M

37.34%326.09M

62.66%547.22M

↓18.61%

↓7.41%

Direct

wikipedia.org

156.32M

25.09%39.22M

74.91%117.11M

↓16.74%

↓5.58%

Search

instagram.com

141.93M

37.32%52.97M

62.68%88.96M

↓16.39%

↑1.03%

Direct

leboncoin.fr

80.04M

46.84%37.49M

53.16%42.55M

↓23.58%

↓16.43%

Direct

actu.fr

57.63M

6.55%3.78M

93.45%53.86M

↓3.92%

↑6.73%

Direct

programme-tv.net

51.48M

16.21%8.34M

83.79%43.14M

↓5.09%

↓9.99%

Direct

google.fr

49.58M

59.74%29.62M

40.26%19.96M

↓22.56%

↓49.44%

Direct

lemonde.fr

47.68M

24.43%11.65M

75.57%36.03M

↓25.84%

↓23.65%

Direct

lequipe.fr

45.74M

30.05%13.75M

69.95%31.99M

↓28.05%

↓18.79%

Direct

ouest-france.fr

45.63M

20.39%9.3M

79.61%36.32M

↓25.24%

↓9.89%

Direct

orange.fr

45.07M

65.88%29.69M

34.12%15.38M

↓28.36%

↓19.39%

Direct

lefigaro.fr

44.19M

25.75%11.38M

74.25%32.81M

↓28.4%

↓20.03%

Direct

bfmtv.com

36.59M

18.01%6.59M

81.99%30M

↓29.28%

↓10.66%

Direct

meteofrance.com

36.53M

24.1%8.81M

75.9%27.72M

↓30.86%

↓20.11%

Direct

allocine.fr

29.11M

21.58%6.28M

78.42%22.83M

↓20.78%

↓4.27%

Direct

20minutes.fr

24.67M

27.48%6.78M

72.52%17.89M

↓26.15%

↓16.44%

Direct

leparisien.fr

23.74M

21.9%5.2M

78.1%18.54M

↓28.22%

↓12.82%

Direct

ladepeche.fr

22.72M

14.29%3.25M

85.71%19.47M

↓26.91%

↓4.65%

Direct

footmercato.net

17.98M

24.59%4.42M

75.41%13.56M

↓38.15%

↓23.22%

Direct

france.tv

17.93M

53.5%9.59M

46.5%8.34M

↑4.98%

↓29.12%

Direct

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Key Insights on Top Newspapers Websites in France on February 2026

As of February 2026, youtube.com leads Newspapers in France with 873.31M monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (37.34% desktop / 37.34% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -18.61% and down year over year -7.41%. wikipedia.org holds second with 156.32M visits and a mobile-leaning mix (25.09% desktop / 74.91% mobile), while instagram.com ranks third with 141.93M visits.

Across the leaders, francetvinfo.fr is the most mobile-first (95.52% of visits), whereas m6.fr is the most desktop-reliant (66.91%). Momentum favors slate.fr in the latest month (90.77%), while meteo-paris.com shows the steepest pullback.

Acquisition patterns also differ: youtube.com is driven primarily by search, youtube.com by direct, and youtube.com by referral; overall, 89 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 11 are search-led, and 0 lean on social.

These insights come from the Traffic & Market Toolkit, enriched with extensive clickstream data.

Our AI algorithms analyze petabytes of information from a blend of proprietary and external data pools, reflecting the online activities of over 200 million anonymized users.

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Top Newspapers Websites in France