Top 23 Philosophers in Brazil
This curated ranking covers the 23 largest philosophers in Brazil, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Karl Marx, Aristotle and Socrates lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3,708,599 people. Across all 23 entries the average audience size is 326,643, and the largest, Karl Marx, reaches around 1,586,929 people in Brazil. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Brazil who actively engage with each philosopher, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Brazil and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Karl Marx |
1,586,929 | 13.0% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 2 |  Aristotle |
1,344,667 | 12.6% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 3 |  Socrates |
777,003 | 10.5% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 4 |  Voltaire |
540,634 | 9.9% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 5 |  Plato |
483,494 | 3.4% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 6 |  Sigmund Freud |
467,017 | 6.0% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 7 |  Michel Foucault |
453,488 | 17.7% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 8 |  Friedrich Nietzsche |
443,566 | 11.7% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 9 |  Immanuel Kant |
379,566 | 11.4% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 10 |  Helena Blavatsky |
241,711 | 37.1% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 11 |  Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
166,509 | 6.4% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 12 |  Parmenides |
141,959 | 63.2% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 13 |  Rudolf Steiner |
88,923 | 5.3% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 14 |  William James |
71,622 | 11.6% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 15 |  Edith Stein |
67,919 | 19.9% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 16 |  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
50,592 | 19.4% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 17 |  Zadig |
50,301 | 3.5% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 18 |  Edmund Husserl |
42,781 | 47.0% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 19 |  Leo Tolstoy |
38,380 | 2.8% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 20 |  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz |
25,205 | 6.5% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 21 |  Ken Wilber |
21,093 | 6.2% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 22 |  William Lane Craig |
18,695 | 8.7% | Philosopher | Literature |
| 23 |  Daniel Dennett |
10,752 | 4.7% | Philosopher | Literature |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 23 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Brazil and ranks each philosopher 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 philosopher in Brazil?
Karl Marx currently leads with an estimated audience of 1,586,929 people in Brazil.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Brazil. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.