Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular 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 868 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 6.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 445k, and the largest, Sarah, Duchess of York, reaches around 3.3M 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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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 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
26 Dr. Seuss 503k 49.2 66.0% Author
27 Malala Yousafzai 470k 42.5 65.0% Author
28 Karin Slaughter 469k 53.8 70.8% Author
29 Val McDermid 441k 55.0 72.8% Author
30 Paul the Apostle 410k 45.9 58.3% Author
31 Edgar Allan Poe 389k 39.5 56.9% Author
32 Owen Jones (writer) 385k 43.3 46.1% Author
33 Maya Angelou 383k 45.5 71.8% Author
34 J. R. R. Tolkien 377k 39.1 46.9% Author
35 Margaret Atwood 375k 50.3 71.9% Author
36 Ro Khanna 369k 54.6 42.1% Author
37 James Patterson 365k 52.7 63.8% Author
38 Buzz Aldrin 360k 43.0 45.5% Author
39 George R. R. Martin 351k 38.7 54.0% Author
40 Jordan Belfort 351k 34.2 31.1% Author
41 Enid Blyton 348k 43.2 63.7% Author
42 Virginia Woolf 348k 42.9 76.8% Author
43 Terry Pratchett 346k 46.9 52.9% Author
44 colleen hoover 345k 35.6 73.4% Author
45 Philip K. Dick 337k 48.2 30.9% Author
46 Sarah J. Maas 331k 38.8 75.4% Author
47 Anthony Horowitz 320k 46.7 67.8% Author
48 Sally Rooney 319k 42.9 65.0% Author
49 Dan Brown 315k 50.6 58.9% Author
50 Jeffrey Archer 315k 55.7 72.5% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular authors 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 3.3M people in United Kingdom.

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