Popularity ranking · Spain

The 100 most popular Chefs in Spain

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest chefs in Spain, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 148 chefs tracked in Spain, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Karlos Arguiñano, Martín Berasategui and José Andrés lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 53k, and the largest, Karlos Arguiñano, reaches around 1.8M people in Spain. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Spain who actively engage with each chef, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Spain and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Spain who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Spain. 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 Spain, 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 Spain. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Gaston Acurio 18k 37.7 54.4% Chef
27 Pierre Hermé 17k 42.4 64.0% Chef
28 Bruno Oteiza 17k 49.8 71.9% Chef
29 Joan Roca i Fontané 15k 46.1 60.8% Chef
30 Shane McMahon 12k 34.6 65.1% Chef
31 Heston Blumenthal 12k 39.8 75.4% Chef
32 Gino D'Acampo 12k 36.1 43.1% Chef
33 Philippe Etchebest 12k 42.2 55.1% Chef
34 Pierre Marcolini 11k 45.0 74.8% Chef
35 Auguste Escoffier 10k 41.4 55.6% Chef
36 Cyril Lignac 10k 41.3 58.5% Chef
37 Francis Mallmann 9k 42.6 86.7% Chef
38 Philippe Conticini 8.9k 43.9 56.6% Chef
39 Paul Hollywood 8.8k 43.8 64.0% Chef
40 Thomas Keller 8.4k 36.9 52.6% Chef
41 Grant Achatz 7.7k 42.8 43.5% Chef
42 Johann Lafer 7.6k 45.8 39.9% Chef
43 Bobby Flay 7.4k 38.8 64.0% Chef
44 Iginio Massari 7.2k 39.1 57.8% Chef
45 Alfons Schuhbeck 7.1k 45.7 37.7% Chef
46 Alice Waters 7.1k 45.1 70.1% Chef
47 Yotam Ottolenghi 7.1k 39.0 69.3% Chef
48 Hairy Bikers 7k 51.0 61.5% Chef
49 Anne-Sophie Pic 7k 43.3 51.9% Chef
50 Nobu Matsuhisa 6.7k 41.6 48.4% Chef

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular chefs compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Spain and ranks each chef 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 chef in Spain?

Karlos Arguiñano currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.8M people in Spain.

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