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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 422k, 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
76 Daphne du Maurier 192k 51.3 82.8% Author
77 Patricia Cornwell 190k 53.9 70.3% Author
78 Kenneth Copeland 187k 45.4 63.4% Author
79 Franz Kafka 187k 39.4 57.7% Author
80 Elizabeth Gilbert 184k 44.1 80.9% Author
81 Isaac Asimov 178k 49.5 25.3% Author
82 Liane Moriarty 177k 53.7 80.0% Author
83 Truman Capote 175k 52.0 100.0% Author
84 Simon Sinek 175k 42.5 62.2% Author
85 Victoria Hislop 173k 57.2 100.0% Author
86 John Grisham 171k 52.6 57.3% Author
87 Mark Billingham 171k 54.2 66.4% Author
88 David Baldacci 170k 55.1 60.3% Author
89 Ken Follett 167k 38.7 64.8% Author
90 Peter James (writer) 162k 51.1 70.0% Author
91 Hilary Mantel 162k 53.5 68.8% Author
92 Confucius 160k 38.4 45.6% Author
93 Arundhati Roy 159k 51.4 58.5% Author
94 Michael Crichton 158k 51.8 44.1% Author
95 Kazuo Ishiguro 156k 48.2 65.6% Author
96 Temple Grandin 155k 43.4 100.0% Author
97 Philippa Gregory 151k 53.8 76.6% Author
98 Donna Tartt 150k 51.0 77.5% Author
99 Vita Sackville-West 149k 52.1 100.0% Author
100 Bernard Cornwell 148k 53.2 56.5% 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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