Skip to content

The posting benchmark

News brands in Asia on Facebook

Our count of public Facebook posts from 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026 holds 149 news brands in Asia, from 11 countries. Here are its countries and news brands side by side, each beside the median in Asia.

Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.

Find your newsroom

Type its name, then choose it to open its page.

Every news brand, A to Z

At a glance

Median posts a day
at least 67.5
Median engagement a day
at least 18,203
Median engagement per post
26
Total engagement, 12 weeks to 20 September 2026
at least 788 million

Engagement is reactions, comments and shares. Each median is across the news brands in Asia; the total adds up all of their posts.

The map

How often news brands post in Asia, country by country

Median posts a day across the news brands we compared in each country, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. A country shows a median only where we compared at least five Facebook Pages from at least three owners, none owning more than half. The shades run across Asia's own range, from its lowest country median to its highest.

Median posts a day

  • Under 18
  • 18 to 27
  • 27 to 41
  • 41 to 62
  • 62 or more
  • Compared, no median printed
  • Not in the comparison

Point at a country, or tab to it, to read its median; choose it to open its page.

Show the figures as a table
Median posts a day by country, A to Z, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026
CountryMedian posts a dayNews brands
BangladeshCompared, no median printed3
Hong KongCompared, no median printed1
India93.198
IndonesiaCompared, no median printed14
Japanat least 127
MalaysiaCompared, no median printed3
NepalCompared, no median printed2
PhilippinesCompared, no median printed1
SingaporeCompared, no median printed14
South Korea17.65
VietnamCompared, no median printed1

Each country, week by week

Median posts a week across each country's news brands, A to Z, all on one scale.

Places

Countries and sub-regions in Asia

Countries in Asia
CountryNews brandsMedian posts a day
Bangladesh3No median
Hong Kong1No median
India9889.8
Indonesia14No median
Japan713.2
Malaysia3No median
Nepal2No median
Philippines1No median
Singapore14No median
South Korea517.6
Vietnam1No median

Median posts a day across the news brands of each place in Asia, A to Z, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.

Sub-regions in Asia
Sub-regionNews brandsMedian posts a day
East Asia1316
India9889.8
South Asia outside India5118
South-East Asia3336.8

Median posts a day across the news brands of each place in Asia, A to Z, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.

Brand by brand

Every news brand in Asia, side by side

Each dot is one news brand in Asia, placed by the measure you choose, with the median and middle half across them. 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026.

Our count

Place the dots by

Posts a day on each news brand's Facebook Page.

  • Median in Asia: at least 67.5 a day
  • Middle half in Asia: 32.5 to 137

Point at a dot, or tab to the dots and use the arrow keys (they move A to Z), to see which news brand it is. Press Enter to open its page. The table below lists every one, A to Z.

149 news brands in Asia, placed by posts a day, with the median and middle half across them. The scale is logarithmic, so 1 to 10 takes the same width as 10 to 100. Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.

The news brands

Every news brand in Asia

Each news brand's own figures. Sort by any column, and choose which columns to show. Being counted says nothing about which tools a newsroom uses.

Columns
Show these columns

News brands in Asia, A to Z: their figures, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.

47NEWSJapanUnder 100k1.51251.10%1%110%
8world NewsSingapore1m to 10m87.223,199733,03440%36.5%79%
Aaj TakIndiaOver 10m357564,29031035,57796%35%71.9%
Aaj Tak BanglaIndia100k to 1m51.65,599478636.9%20%70%
ABP AnandaIndiaOver 10m244504,67031530,18367%29%87%
ABP AsmitaIndia1m to 10m89.139,3383593637.4%38%95%
ABP Live (English)IndiaOver 10m82.337,906443,30139%32%62%
ABP MajhaIndia1m to 10m184135,06012312,49691%26%87%
ABP NaduIndia1m to 10m13471,395424,82774%27%78%
ABP NewsIndiaOver 10m163369,45036329,338100%30%84%
ABP SanjhaIndia1m to 10m90.52,318926432%26%63%
Amar UjalaIndia1m to 10m13747,624224,01770%20%64%
Anandabazar PatrikaIndia1m to 10m186103,370428,80543%33%87%
Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+JapanUnder 100k6.92932.61%45%80%
AsiaOneSingapore100k to 1m58.124,5541324,01189%33%84%
Banjarmasin PostIndonesia100k to 1m45.515,150182,33970%Not countedNot counted
BBC News GujaratiIndia1m to 10m32.455,4212271,743over 99%38%101%
BBC News HindiIndiaOver 10m58.6226,44065715,35179%29%93%
BBC News MarathiIndia1m to 10m3955,1861642,88488%30%97%
BBC News PunjabiIndia1m to 10m21.916,610166444over 99%28%93%
BBC News TamilIndia1m to 10m26.534,5951951,608over 99%32%87%
BBC News TeluguIndia1m to 10m23.621,70611089863%31%87%
Berita HarianSingapore100k to 1m364,1831247452%47%53%
BERITA MediacorpSingapore100k to 1m42.472041123%33%94%
Business StandardIndia100k to 1m45.3950211015%9%40%
Business Standard HindiIndia100k to 1m30.688515319%17%28%
CNASingapore1m to 10m49.968,2101826,44928%22%46%
CNBC AwaazIndia1m to 10m15317,358251,26458%24%35%
CNBC-TV18India1m to 10m40.712,6738641over 99%36%64%
CNN-News18 / News18India1m to 10m19851,29354,72155%24%71%
Dainik BhaskarIndiaOver 10m10378,909483,50541%32%94%
Dainik JagranIndiaOver 10m248135,9304110,83287%34%82%
Deccan HeraldIndia100k to 1m79.410,396141,47185%36.7%102%
Divya BhaskarIndia1m to 10m1146,381830124%35%103%
Divya MarathiIndia100k to 1m2948504547%8%44%
DNA IndiaIndia1m to 10m12659,580329,63186%30%93%
EenaduIndia1m to 10m52.45,6793214377%20%103%
Ei SamayIndia1m to 10m173123,180517,30089%28%104%
ET NowIndia1m to 10m637,2081351593%19%68%
ETV BharatIndia100k to 1m82.610,552457167%26%102%
FirstpostIndia1m to 10m95.774,137798,18993%32%65%
Gujarati Mid-dayIndiaUnder 100k41.420502234%8%67%
Hindu Tamil ThisaiIndia1m to 10m12628,568284,11539%19%73%
Hindustan (Live Hindustan)India1m to 10m10218,243402,77555%29%100%
Hindustan TimesIndia1m to 10m10817,310121,78351%25%101%
HT TeluguIndiaUnder 100k331400.50%14%99%
I am GujaratIndia100k to 1m36.83,71134177100%30%92%
India TodayIndiaOver 10m35048,788124,13387%33%65%
India Today NEIndia100k to 1m7545,778242,76975%37.4%80%
India.comIndia1m to 10m68.441,086355,92497%31%79%
Indian Express MalayalamIndia100k to 1m52.242214341%29%75%
Indian Express TamilIndia100k to 1m34.56.300.53%32%32%
Inext Live (i-next)India1m to 10m1656,374512,175over 99%31%88%
InquilabIndia100k to 1m18.42,11763974%21.4%43%
JansattaIndia1m to 10m1345,38037179%29%74%
JoongAng IlboSouth Korea1m to 10m45.65,677211,75024%11%75%
KatadataIndonesia100k to 1m15.86,676251,02495%Not countedNot counted
Kompas (Harian Kompas / Kompas.id)Indonesia100k to 1m1224,683148111%Not countedNot counted
Kompas.comIndonesiaOver 10m428179,2202635,55639%Not countedNot counted
KompasTVIndonesia1m to 10m22766,4922211,03728%Not countedNot counted
KontanIndonesia100k to 1m30.16,913261,689over 99%Not countedNot counted
Korea JoongAng DailySouth Korea100k to 1m108058.8under 1%29%36%
Kyodo News (English)Japan100k to 1mat least 8.4at least 6.40at least 0.70%8%0%
Lianhe ZaobaoSingapore100k to 1m82.318,203452,58518%35%87%
LokmatIndia1m to 10m28779,664167,91534%30%68%
Lokmat TimesIndia100k to 1m35.649901152%21.0%54%
LoksattaIndia1m to 10m34348,41574,39247%32%90%
Maeil Business Newspaper (Maeil Kyungje)South Korea100k to 1m8.318473713%9%62%
Maharashtra TimesIndia1m to 10m131144,36016316,27895%26%77%
MalaysiakiniMalaysia1m to 10m32.56,535362,42621.1%28%55%
Malaysiakini (Bahasa Malaysia edition)Malaysia1m to 10m50.249,96421214,92132%29%57%
Malaysiakini (Chinese edition)Malaysia1m to 10m3311,090722,11139%28%54%
Manorama NewsIndia1m to 10m224187,9907824,60065%23%97%
Manorama Online (Malayala Manorama)India1m to 10m24233,61295,08636%20%88%
MathrubhumiIndia1m to 10m219118,6303614,99841%22%90%
MBN NewsSouth Korea100k to 1m30.8438310052%38%6%
Mid-dayIndia1m to 10m27.43,63218439over 99%27%63%
MintIndia1m to 10m61.21,249219949%20%56%
MoneycontrolIndia1m to 10m39.65,5663158399%27%46%
NagarikNepal1m to 10m16633,989353,91520.7%23%85%
Nai DuniaIndia1m to 10m17.86,7802033387%9%11%
Navbharat TimesIndiaOver 10m345564,83029750,10699%30%65%
NDTVIndiaOver 10m17476,748115,31268%28%85%
NDTV IndiaIndia1m to 10m297316,4507524,05983%30%71.6%
NDTV MarathiIndia100k to 1m67.516,54351,13387%30%89%
NDTV ProfitIndia100k to 1m6216,690157542%22%30%
News18 BanglaIndiaOver 10m325381,89016221,06986%31%86%
News18 GujaratiIndia1m to 10m20164,643722,51882%29%92%
News18 IndiaIndiaOver 10mat least 287at least 241,610108at least 18,13089%32%Not counted
News18 KeralaIndia1m to 10m15946,963315,24592%28%84%
News18 MarathiIndia1m to 10m216155,590828,67088%29%87%
News18 Tamil NaduIndia1m to 10m19592,496726,95083%25%71%
Nhân Dân (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử)Vietnam100k to 1m222,813563596%32%95%
Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun / Nikkei Online)Japan100k to 1m374,417723067%33%60%
Nikkei AsiaJapan100k to 1m55.21,11589012%28%85%
OnmanoramaIndia100k to 1m13.973627078%17%86%
PrajavaniIndia1m to 10m14520,145181,94944%32%84%
Prothom AloBangladeshOver 10m118677,76074827,93674%38%97%
Prothom Alo EnglishBangladesh100k to 1m18.41,04574147%26%105%
Punjabi JagranIndiaUnder 100k86.82201.41%20%106%
RapplerPhilippines1m to 10m88.741,491365,30536%28%37.2%
Republica (myRepublica)NepalUnder 100k32.9800259%16%57%
SakshiIndia1m to 10m15623,39891,17339%22%95%
Samayam MalayalamIndia100k to 1m26.86,4112947299%19%95%
Samayam TamilIndia1m to 10m44.113,281391,477over 99%26%54%
Samayam TeluguIndia1m to 10m42.325,2601152,549over 99%25%81%
Scroll.inIndia1m to 10m80.45,043477526%31%87%
Seithi MediacorpSingapore100k to 1m5.11,9771114494%40%83%
Shin Min Daily NewsSingapore100k to 1m21.68,47316194183%26%100%
South China Morning PostHong Kong1m to 10m55.140,896754,55962%32%67%
Sriwijaya PostIndonesia1m to 10m93.111,888122,46744%Not countedNot counted
StompSingapore100k to 1m31.88,142921,71651%24%54%
SuryaIndonesiaUnder 100k36.62,452239662%Not countedNot counted
tabla!SingaporeUnder 100k1.55214.446%21.0%66%
Tamil MurasuSingapore100k to 1m27.11,40744730%41%96%
Tempo (tempo.co / Koran Tempo / Majalah Tempo)Indonesia1m to 10m36.962,60731112,29736%Not countedNot counted
The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Shimbun Digital)Japan100k to 1m1268331675%44%65%
The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch (AJW)Japan100k to 1m14.453076357%14%0%
The Business TimesSingapore100k to 1m241,2246.51179%28%48%
The Daily StarBangladesh1m to 10m13488,590923,61297%40%93%
The Economic TimesIndia1m to 10m16225,454133,53666%38%79%
The Financial ExpressIndia1m to 10m98.32,809733162%36%65%
The Hankook IlboSouth Korea100k to 1m17.6644513695%15%15%
The HinduIndia1m to 10m38.918,731391,32485%36%95%
The Hindu BusinessLineIndia100k to 1m68.12401147%39%75%
The Indian ExpressIndia1m to 10m25446,118124,26556%45%79%
The LallantopIndia1m to 10m83.8152,6101064,66149%41%66%
The PioneerIndiaUnder 100k5204323100%8%81%
The QuintIndia1m to 10m12.96,556954455%30%43%
The Straits TimesSingapore1m to 10m50.117,8241252,46413%39%82%
The Telegraph (India)India100k to 1m31.329,984142,51346%15%67%
The Times of IndiaIndiaOver 10m117162,76019817,68898%34%94%
ThinkChinaSingaporeUnder 100k3.512331628%30%56%
Times NowIndia1m to 10m133195,60013913,83399%28%78%
Times Now NavbharatIndia1m to 10m198210,1109718,07481%34%88%
Tribun BaliIndonesia1m to 10m67.212,49981,81343%Not countedNot counted
Tribun MedanIndonesia1m to 10m96.693,3249919,33746%Not countedNot counted
Tribun TimurIndonesia1m to 10m23.869,9448110,78877%Not countedNot counted
Tribunnews.comIndonesia1m to 10m11232,15887,36534%Not countedNot counted
Vijay KarnatakaIndia1m to 10m27.113,46911461296%20.7%57%
Warta KotaIndonesia100k to 1m43.63,365145052%Not countedNot counted
WIONIndia1m to 10m22161,053174,13870%34%75%
Zee 24 GhantaIndiaOver 10m150323,39042223,62799%40%80%
Zee 24 TaasIndia1m to 10m15798,535875,91587%34%88%
Zee Bihar JharkhandIndia1m to 10m88.641,721311,25469%28%87%
Zee BusinessIndia1m to 10m12214,9233175892%25%32%
Zee NewsIndiaOver 10m289291,03010620,94183%33%74%
Zee RajasthanIndia1m to 10m15279,023471,66872.4%42%87%
Zee Uttar Pradesh UttarakhandIndia1m to 10m78.242,296181,28366%36%93%

The median news brand

The median news brand in Asia

Medians across the 149 news brands we compared in Asia, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Days are UTC days; hours and weekdays are each news brand's local time.

Posts each day

  • Median in Asia
  • Middle half in Asia
Show the figures as a table
Median posts each day across news brands in Asia, with the middle half of them shaded, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026.
DayMedian in AsiaMiddle half in Asia
Monday 29 June7830 to 143
Tuesday 30 June6932 to 147
Wednesday 1 July7230 to 138
Thursday 2 July6831 to 144
Friday 3 July5830 to 138
Saturday 4 July4922 to 118
Sunday 5 July4919 to 107
Monday 6 July6432 to 145
Tuesday 7 July6832 to 145
Wednesday 8 July7035 to 148
Thursday 9 July7132 to 149
Friday 10 July6434 to 144
Saturday 11 July5224 to 122
Sunday 12 July4720 to 112
Monday 13 July7135 to 142
Tuesday 14 July7036 to 160
Wednesday 15 July6838 to 148
Thursday 16 July6435 to 150
Friday 17 July6331 to 140
Saturday 18 July5521 to 129
Sunday 19 July4218 to 117
Monday 20 July6333 to 148
Tuesday 21 July7038 to 147
Wednesday 22 July7235 to 146
Thursday 23 July7337 to 157
Friday 24 July7237 to 140
Saturday 25 July5124 to 128
Sunday 26 July4819 to 110
Monday 27 July7334 to 156
Tuesday 28 July7539 to 149
Wednesday 29 July8439 to 152
Thursday 30 July7437 to 149
Friday 31 July6435 to 137
Saturday 1 August5628 to 116
Sunday 2 August5017 to 112
Monday 3 August7034 to 145
Tuesday 4 August7434 to 146
Wednesday 5 August7436 to 150
Thursday 6 August7031 to 159
Friday 7 August6235 to 144
Saturday 8 August5123 to 130
Sunday 9 August4718 to 114
Monday 10 August7333 to 156
Tuesday 11 August6936 to 149
Wednesday 12 August7835 to 166
Thursday 13 August7336 to 160
Friday 14 August7435 to 147
Saturday 15 August5726 to 133
Sunday 16 August4721 to 115
Monday 17 August7034 to 153
Tuesday 18 August6735 to 156
Wednesday 19 August7335 to 158
Thursday 20 August7035 to 159
Friday 21 August6734 to 153
Saturday 22 August5124 to 129
Sunday 23 August5222 to 117
Monday 24 August7035 to 149
Tuesday 25 August7134 to 157
Wednesday 26 August6738 to 141
Thursday 27 August7235 to 148
Friday 28 August7134 to 129
Saturday 29 August5220 to 136
Sunday 30 August4920 to 114
Monday 31 August6734 to 156
Tuesday 1 September7634 to 165
Wednesday 2 September7430 to 164
Thursday 3 September7333 to 165
Friday 4 September6636 to 156
Saturday 5 September5224 to 129
Sunday 6 September5221 to 108
Monday 7 September7937 to 149
Tuesday 8 September7235 to 145
Wednesday 9 September7437 to 152
Thursday 10 September7336 to 154
Friday 11 September6737 to 152
Saturday 12 September5624 to 130
Sunday 13 September5822 to 119
Monday 14 September6734 to 138
Tuesday 15 September7836 to 158
Wednesday 16 September7536 to 161
Thursday 17 September7638 to 150
Friday 18 September6836 to 141
Saturday 19 September5024 to 113
Sunday 20 September5419 to 110

Share of posts by local hour

Show the figures as a table
Median share of posts in each local hour across news brands in Asia.
Local hourMedian share
00:000.5%
01:000.1%
02:000%
03:000%
04:000%
05:000.1%
06:001.2%
07:003.2%
08:004.6%
09:005.3%
10:006.2%
11:006.8%
12:007.1%
13:006.9%
14:006.9%
15:007.3%
16:007.4%
17:007.1%
18:006.4%
19:006.1%
20:005.7%
21:005%
22:004%
23:002.1%

Posts a day by weekday

Show the figures as a table
Median posts a day on each local weekday across news brands in Asia.
WeekdayMedian posts a day
Monday74.4
Tuesday74.9
Wednesday78.2
Thursday76.8
Friday71.7
Saturday54.4
Sunday51.9

What they posted

Show the figures as a table
Median share of each format among posts by news brands in Asia.
FormatMedian in Asia
Photo29%
Video or reel27%
Album2%
Link42%
Text only0%
Other0%

Places

Countries and regions

Talk to us

Tell us how many stories you publish and where they go today. We'll show you what your queues and auto-pilot could carry.

Contact us