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Rank
Position in the Top 34, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.
Audience size
Estimated number of unique people in Brazil who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.
Country share
Share of the global audience that is active in Brazil. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.
Avg age
Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Brazil, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.
Female share
Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Brazil. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.
Ranking
| Rank | Audience | Audience size | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elena Ferrante |
251k | 15.4% | 43.6 | 49.4% | Novelist |
| 2 |  Herman Melville |
43k | 6.6% | 41.4 | 52.8% | Novelist |
| 3 |  Nathaniel Hawthorne |
29k | 5.1% | 47.4 | 37.6% | Novelist |
| 4 |  Stephen Chbosky |
24k | 9.9% | 46.2 | 42.9% | Novelist |
| 5 |  Helen Fielding |
14k | 6.2% | 47.8 | 40.4% | Novelist |
| 6 |  Tom Wolfe |
12k | 3.8% | 45.9 | 42.4% | Novelist |
| 7 |  Emily Giffin |
12k | 8.4% | 41.0 | 50.3% | Novelist |
| 8 |  William Makepeace Thackeray |
10k | 8.2% | 49.3 | 51.3% | Novelist |
| 9 |  Raymond Chandler |
9.9k | 2.2% | 30.0 | 65.6% | Novelist |
| 10 |  Jonathan Safran Foer |
6.9k | 4.0% | 48.3 | 40.0% | Novelist |
| 11 |  Priya Sharma |
3.1k | 2.0% | 38.8 | 9.6% | Novelist |
| 12 |  Terry McMillan |
2k | 0.9% | 38.4 | 71.9% | Novelist |
| 13 |  J. G. Ballard |
1.9k | 2.0% | 29.0 | 58.2% | Novelist |
| 14 |  Peter Robinson (novelist) |
1.5k | 0.6% | 36.2 | 55.5% | Novelist |
| 15 |  Molly Harper |
1.4k | 2.8% | 39.0 | 76.1% | Novelist |
| 16 |  Ted Dekker |
1.3k | 0.7% | 27.7 | 48.2% | Novelist |
| 17 |  Leonardo Padura Fuentes |
949 | 4.6% | 55.0 | 77.2% | Novelist |
| 18 |  J.A. Redmerski |
880 | 27.2% | 42.2 | 94.0% | Novelist |
| 19 |  Megan Hart |
792 | 2.3% | 35.3 | 60.4% | Novelist |
| 20 |  Christian Kracht |
725 | 0.3% | 40.1 | 69.1% | Novelist |
| 21 |  Luanne Rice |
513 | 1.3% | 33.6 | 61.5% | Novelist |
| 22 |  Benedict Wells |
462 | 0.1% | 39.8 | 68.1% | Novelist |
| 23 |  Jacqueline Carey |
456 | 1.2% | 30.2 | 69.4% | Novelist |
| 24 |  Kat Martin |
352 | 0.5% | 41.0 | 63.2% | Novelist |
| 25 |  Molly McAdams |
220 | 2.7% | 28.7 | 25.9% | Novelist |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 34 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Brazil and ranks each novelist by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.
How often is the list updated?
The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.
What is the largest novelist in Brazil?
Elena Ferrante currently leads with an estimated audience of 251k people in Brazil.