Paid circulation volume of national newspapers in France 2023

In 2023, the newspaper Le Monde ranked as first among national daily newspapers, with more than 488,000 copies released. Le Figaro came in second with more than 350 thousand copies daily.  

Daily newspaper consumption in France

 According to the Statista Global Consumer Survey from 2024, about a quarter of the respondents declared having read the free daily newspaper 20 Minutes in the past two weeks, while paid newspapers as Le Figaro and Le Monde were mentioned by 16 and 23 percent of French respectively. In the same survey, French also stated purchasing daily newspapers as single issues rather than as part of a subscription. Moreover, regarding the amount of printed copies of the daily press, it seems that the printed press slightly declined since around the second decade of the century.  

Online news consumption in France

 In a context of decline of the printed press and spreading internet use, news media appear to diversify their reach also online: among the online newspapers in France, the most visited news websites on which French spent money were lemonde.fr, leparisien.fr and lefigaro.fr as of 2024. In addition to this, smartphone was the most used device to read news online thanks to the offered mobility and adaptability. However, these new consumption habits have their own ups and downs as many consumers reported having already spotted or been fooled by false news.