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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
51 Brandon Sanderson 297k 45.4 52.3% Author
52 Philip Pullman 295k 48.6 60.9% Author
53 Buzz Aldrin 295k 43.0 45.5% Author
54 Marian Keyes 292k 49.0 85.9% Author
55 Jeffrey Archer 291k 55.7 72.5% Author
56 Rudyard Kipling 284k 43.6 68.0% Author
57 Ian Fleming 274k 47.6 33.5% Author
58 Jojo Moyes 271k 47.9 83.2% Author
59 Tom Clancy 266k 51.2 48.2% Author
60 Deepak Chopra 261k 40.0 70.8% Author
61 Arthur Conan Doyle 260k 51.8 68.4% Author
62 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 243k 46.5 69.7% Author
63 Zadie Smith 243k 51.7 66.9% Author
64 Ernest Hemingway 242k 39.8 51.6% Author
65 George Eliot 238k 44.3 67.6% Author
66 Robert Harris (novelist) 235k 55.0 47.9% Author
67 Michael Connelly 225k 55.2 63.4% Author
68 Ranulph Fiennes 218k 50.4 51.8% Author
69 Ian Rankin 216k 53.0 66.5% Author
70 Ann Cleeves 213k 55.5 76.7% Author
71 Lisa Jewell 209k 52.2 75.7% Author
72 Ian McEwan 206k 53.2 64.4% Author
73 H. G. Wells 204k 48.8 42.2% Author
74 Kristin Hannah 200k 52.6 89.3% Author
75 C. S. Lewis 199k 44.6 66.8% 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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