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Rank
Position in the Top 20, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.
Audience size
Estimated number of unique people in Finland who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.
Country share
Share of the global audience that is active in Finland. 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 Finland, 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 Finland. 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 | KKarl Marx | 62k | 0.5% | 49.2 | 49.4% | Philosopher |
| 2 | SSigmund Freud | 38k | 0.5% | 46.8 | 64.3% | Philosopher |
| 3 | IImmanuel Kant | 37k | 1.0% | 48.9 | 100.0% | Philosopher |
| 4 | SSocrates | 31k | 0.2% | 44.3 | 62.6% | Philosopher |
| 5 | MMichel Foucault | 29k | 1.1% | 41.7 | 51.3% | Philosopher |
| 6 | VVoltaire | 18k | 0.3% | 44.9 | 46.2% | Philosopher |
| 7 | LLeo Tolstoy | 17k | 1.2% | 45.6 | 50.2% | Philosopher |
| 8 | PPlato | 14k | 0.1% | 43.9 | 52.1% | Philosopher |
| 9 | FFriedrich Nietzsche | 14k | 0.3% | 42.7 | 53.9% | Philosopher |
| 10 | AAristotle | 11k | 0.1% | 42.9 | 43.6% | Philosopher |
| 11 | RRudolf Steiner | 10k | 0.7% | 39.0 | 100.0% | Philosopher |
| 12 | FFyodor Dostoyevsky | 6.8k | 0.2% | 30.2 | 71.7% | Philosopher |
| 13 | HHelena Blavatsky | 2.8k | 0.4% | 45.2 | 68.1% | Philosopher |
| 14 | WWilliam James | 2.5k | 0.4% | 43.7 | 67.7% | Philosopher |
| 15 | DDaniel Dennett | 1.7k | 0.8% | 39.0 | 55.9% | Philosopher |
| 16 | WWilliam Lane Craig | 1.4k | 0.6% | 43.5 | 31.2% | Philosopher |
| 17 | GGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel | 1k | 0.4% | 34.7 | 35.9% | Philosopher |
| 18 | GGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | 952 | 0.2% | 33.3 | 73.4% | Philosopher |
| 19 | HHerbert Spencer | 531 | 0.3% | 27.4 | 100.0% | Philosopher |
| 20 | KKen Wilber | 519 | 0.2% | 19.0 | 100.0% | 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 Finland 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 Finland?
Karl Marx currently leads with an estimated audience of 62k people in Finland.