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News brands in East Asia on Facebook

Our count of public Facebook posts from 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026 holds 13 news brands in East Asia, from three countries. Here are its countries and news brands side by side, each beside the median in East Asia.

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

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Every news brand, A to Z

At a glance

Median posts a day
at least 14.4
Median engagement a day
at least 530
Median engagement per post
7
Total engagement, 12 weeks to 20 September 2026
at least 4.6 million

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

The map

How often news brands post in East 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 East Asia's own range, from its lowest country median to its highest.

Median posts a day

  • Under 13
  • 13 to 14
  • 14 to 15
  • 15 to 16
  • 16 or more
  • Compared, no median printed
  • Not in the comparison

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Median posts a day by country, A to Z, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026
CountryMedian posts a dayNews brands
Hong KongCompared, no median printed1
Japanat least 127
South Korea17.65

Each country, week by week

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

Places

Countries in East Asia

Countries in East Asia
CountryNews brandsMedian posts a day
Hong Kong1No median
Japan713.2
South Korea517.6

Median posts a day across the news brands of each place in East 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 East Asia, side by side

Each dot is one news brand in East 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 East Asia: at least 14.4 a day
  • Middle half in East Asia: 8.4 to 37

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.

13 news brands in East 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 East 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.

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News brands in East 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%
Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+JapanUnder 100k6.92932.61%45%80%
JoongAng IlboSouth Korea1m to 10m45.65,677211,75024%11%75%
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%
Maeil Business Newspaper (Maeil Kyungje)South Korea100k to 1m8.318473713%9%62%
MBN NewsSouth Korea100k to 1m30.8438310052%38%6%
Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun / Nikkei Online)Japan100k to 1m374,417723067%33%60%
Nikkei AsiaJapan100k to 1m55.21,11589012%28%85%
South China Morning PostHong Kong1m to 10m55.140,896754,55962%32%67%
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 Hankook IlboSouth Korea100k to 1m17.6644513695%15%15%

The median news brand

The median news brand in East Asia

Medians across the 13 news brands we compared in East 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 East Asia
  • Middle half in East Asia
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Median posts each day across news brands in East Asia, with the middle half of them shaded, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026.
DayMedian in East AsiaMiddle half in East Asia
Monday 29 June169 to 39
Tuesday 30 June1710 to 35
Wednesday 1 July1410 to 49
Thursday 2 July189 to 47
Friday 3 July1710 to 46
Saturday 4 July41 to 30
Sunday 5 July93 to 28
Monday 6 July1912 to 43
Tuesday 7 July1813 to 48
Wednesday 8 July1813 to 46
Thursday 9 July2310 to 48
Friday 10 July2410 to 42
Saturday 11 July102 to 25
Sunday 12 July42 to 30
Monday 13 July2916 to 48
Tuesday 14 July1712 to 49
Wednesday 15 July2311 to 44
Thursday 16 July2012 to 55
Friday 17 July127 to 35
Saturday 18 July71 to 16
Sunday 19 July101 to 21
Monday 20 July218 to 36
Tuesday 21 July1912 to 49
Wednesday 22 July2113 to 54
Thursday 23 July2112 to 55
Friday 24 July2111 to 48
Saturday 25 July91 to 27
Sunday 26 July62 to 30
Monday 27 July2013 to 43
Tuesday 28 July2111 to 52
Wednesday 29 July1611 to 45
Thursday 30 July2114 to 49
Friday 31 July189 to 48
Saturday 1 August62 to 28
Sunday 2 August31 to 35
Monday 3 August118 to 38
Tuesday 4 August1512 to 37
Wednesday 5 August1310 to 41
Thursday 6 August1810 to 41
Friday 7 August1811 to 34
Saturday 8 August81 to 21
Sunday 9 August52 to 34
Monday 10 August2011 to 37
Tuesday 11 August107 to 40
Wednesday 12 August2110 to 42
Thursday 13 August1411 to 42
Friday 14 August197 to 35
Saturday 15 August62 to 28
Sunday 16 August82 to 26
Monday 17 August115 to 31
Tuesday 18 August2311 to 45
Wednesday 19 August1912 to 38
Thursday 20 August2313 to 43
Friday 21 August169 to 44
Saturday 22 August40 to 35
Sunday 23 August40 to 26
Monday 24 August2913 to 41
Tuesday 25 August2414 to 44
Wednesday 26 August2112 to 48
Thursday 27 August1710 to 49
Friday 28 August176 to 47
Saturday 29 August112 to 23
Sunday 30 August40 to 33
Monday 31 August288 to 45
Tuesday 1 September2813 to 54
Wednesday 2 September2211 to 49
Thursday 3 September198 to 53
Friday 4 September227 to 51
Saturday 5 September20 to 31
Sunday 6 September60 to 31
Monday 7 September2010 to 49
Tuesday 8 September257 to 49
Wednesday 9 September1814 to 44
Thursday 10 September249 to 51
Friday 11 September196 to 50
Saturday 12 September40 to 25
Sunday 13 September50 to 30
Monday 14 September227 to 46
Tuesday 15 September226 to 50
Wednesday 16 September2310 to 50
Thursday 17 September1711 to 50
Friday 18 September2710 to 47
Saturday 19 September40 to 30
Sunday 20 September80 to 33

Share of posts by local hour

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Median share of posts in each local hour across news brands in East Asia.
Local hourMedian share
00:000%
01:000%
02:000%
03:000%
04:000%
05:000%
06:000%
07:003.4%
08:001.5%
09:006.3%
10:005.5%
11:007.4%
12:006.5%
13:008%
14:0010.5%
15:0010.6%
16:009%
17:007.8%
18:006.4%
19:005%
20:004.3%
21:004.3%
22:002.8%
23:000.7%

Posts a day by weekday

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Median posts a day on each local weekday across news brands in East Asia.
WeekdayMedian posts a day
Monday21.5
Tuesday17
Wednesday20.6
Thursday18.6
Friday20.7
Saturday5.92
Sunday4.75

What they posted

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Median share of each format among posts by news brands in East Asia.
FormatMedian in East Asia
Photo5%
Video or reel1%
Album0%
Link95%
Text only0%
Other0%

Places

Countries and regions

Region
Asia

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