Every month, Nonli's social listening measures the video views generated by the Facebook pages of the French regional daily press. Here is the September 2026 TOP 40.
Le Parisien keeps first place, for the tenth time in thirteen rankings. Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace climbs back onto the podium and La Voix du Nord reaches its best rank since the series launched.
1. The Month's Top 5#
Le Parisien holds the lead with 30.4 million views from 94 posts, 3.1 a day, the lightest cadence in the top 5. La Provence gains one spot (2nd, 24.1 million), and Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace gains two to reach 3rd (18.4 million), with the top 5's best ratio, 10.5%.
Le Dauphiné Libéré holds 4th place (18.1 million) at the quintet's highest cadence, 445 posts. La Dépêche du Midi completes the top 5 with 15.6 million views.
2. The Full TOP 40#
Le Parisien
30,442,952
La Provence
24,073,232
Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace
18,442,958
Le Dauphiné Libéré
La Dépêche du Midi
La Voix du Nord
Ouest-France
L'Est Républicain
Midi Libre
Le Progrès
Le Républicain Lorrain
Journal L'ALSACE
SudOuest.fr
Vosges Matin
Courrier Picard
La Montagne
Nice-Matin
Le JSL
L'Indépendant
Le Bien Public
Var-Matin
Le Journal du Centre
actu.fr
Le Télégramme
La République du Centre
L'Union
Charente Libre
Le Populaire du Centre
Nord Littoral
Le Berry Républicain
L'Est-Éclair
L'Yonne Républicaine
Paris-Normandie
L'Éveil de la Haute-Loire
La République des Pyrénées
L'Ardennais
Corse-Matin
France-Antilles Guadeloupe
Le Maine Libre
La Nouvelle RépubliqueHow to read the "Views per follower" column: 100% means an average post earns as many views as the page has followers. It's a good proxy for an account's ability to reach beyond its own community.
3. What Stands Out#
La Voix du Nord gains three spots and reaches 6th place, its best rank since the series launched, with 13.6 million views. Le Progrès enters the top 10 (10th) and Le Républicain Lorrain gains three spots (11th).
The strongest rises: Nice-Matin multiplies its views by 2.5 (17th, +149%), Le Journal du Centre more than doubles its own (22nd, +120%, thirteen spots gained), La Montagne gains nine spots (16th, +84%) and Courrier Picard eight (15th, +73%), with a 31.1% ratio.
Charente Libre (27th) and Le Berry Républicain (30th, its best rank) set their records, and L'Yonne Républicaine returns with its own (32nd). The table's best yield goes to L'Ardennais, 55.3% of its community in views per post from 19 posts (36th). La République des Pyrénées, Le Maine Libre and La Nouvelle République return to the TOP 40.
4. Methodology#
The data comes from Nonli's social listening, which continuously tracks the public Facebook pages of the French regional daily press. Only one page per media brand is counted: its main page, without aggregating local or topical pages. The ranking covers views on videos and Reels published between September 1 and 30, 2026, read through the Nonli API. Since views keep accruing after publication, small differences with later readings are normal. Follower counts are those observed when the ranking was generated.
In the same series, previous month: August 2026 ranking.
This ranking is published every month on this blog and on Nonli's LinkedIn page. To track these metrics for your own accounts and your market, get in touch.