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Top 100 Authors in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest authors in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 866 authors tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Sarah, Duchess of York, Harlan Coben and Roald Dahl lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 424k, and the largest, Sarah, Duchess of York, reaches around 2.9M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each author, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Sarah, Duchess of York 2.9M 52.2 97.2% Author
2 Harlan Coben 1.9M 54.2 65.7% Author
3 Roald Dahl 1.2M 43.2 71.7% Author
4 Jane Austen 1.2M 44.8 75.3% Author
5 Candace Owens 1.2M 39.9 33.2% Author
6 Stephen King 1.1M 42.0 61.9% Author
7 William Shakespeare 1.1M 46.3 64.6% Author
8 Agatha Christie 1.1M 49.7 71.7% Author
9 Sarah Raven 1M 53.1 93.9% Author
10 Sophie Kinsella 886k 48.1 84.8% Author
11 Florence Nightingale 815k 44.9 70.0% Author
12 Oscar Wilde 720k 46.8 64.8% Author
13 Anne Frank 711k 40.9 73.4% Author
14 Jenna Coleman 681k 32.9 65.1% Author
15 Beatrix Potter 675k 47.9 75.3% Author
16 Neil Gaiman 664k 46.4 59.5% Author
17 Steve Backshall 646k 41.2 60.8% Author
18 Julia Donaldson 621k 45.6 84.4% Author
19 Charles Dickens 614k 49.5 62.0% Author
20 Charles Darwin 602k 45.7 55.4% Author
21 George Orwell 581k 46.2 56.3% Author
22 David Icke 580k 43.6 33.1% Author
23 Amal Clooney 563k 44.1 56.6% Author
24 Heather Graham 539k 49.7 84.6% Author
25 Dr. Seuss 500k 49.2 66.0% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each author 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 author in United Kingdom?

Sarah, Duchess of York currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.9M people in United Kingdom.

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