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Rank
Position in the Top 22, 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 | SSocrates | 1.6M | 10.7% | 39.7 | 64.0% | Philosopher |
| 2 | KKarl Marx | 1.5M | 11.8% | 39.5 | 53.9% | Philosopher |
| 3 | FFriedrich Nietzsche | 468k | 11.6% | 37.8 | 64.3% | Philosopher |
| 4 | SSigmund Freud | 462k | 5.7% | 39.6 | 72.3% | Philosopher |
| 5 | MMichel Foucault | 457k | 17.2% | 40.8 | 68.1% | Philosopher |
| 6 | VVoltaire | 450k | 7.7% | 45.9 | 43.9% | Philosopher |
| 7 | PPlato | 390k | 2.7% | 35.7 | 67.6% | Philosopher |
| 8 | IImmanuel Kant | 387k | 10.5% | 34.8 | 54.3% | Philosopher |
| 9 | HHelena Blavatsky | 244k | 36.2% | 45.2 | 68.1% | Philosopher |
| 10 | AAristotle | 177k | 1.9% | 41.8 | 65.1% | Philosopher |
| 11 | FFyodor Dostoyevsky | 140k | 5.0% | 40.2 | 59.9% | Philosopher |
| 12 | PParmenides | 127k | 60.2% | 34.6 | 58.4% | Philosopher |
| 13 | RRudolf Steiner | 84k | 5.4% | 43.4 | 79.5% | Philosopher |
| 14 | EEdith Stein | 67k | 20.1% | 39.5 | 74.4% | Philosopher |
| 15 | WWilliam James | 65k | 10.4% | 39.2 | 48.5% | Philosopher |
| 16 | GGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel | 46k | 18.6% | 38.6 | 44.0% | Philosopher |
| 17 | EEdmund Husserl | 42k | 46.4% | 35.3 | 70.6% | Philosopher |
| 18 | LLeo Tolstoy | 38k | 2.6% | 39.1 | 58.7% | Philosopher |
| 19 | GGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | 26k | 6.3% | 33.3 | 73.4% | Philosopher |
| 20 | WWilliam Lane Craig | 17k | 7.8% | 30.5 | 57.3% | Philosopher |
| 21 | KKen Wilber | 17k | 5.3% | 45.9 | 66.8% | Philosopher |
| 22 | DDaniel Dennett | 9.7k | 4.4% | 29.3 | 80.8% | Philosopher |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular philosophers 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?
Socrates currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.6M people in Brazil.