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Rank
Position in the Top 41, 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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YYanis Varoufakis | 271k | 34.2% | 49.1 | 18.1% | Economist |
| 2 | AAlex Salmond | 167k | 90.4% | 45.9 | 38.6% | Economist |
| 3 | TThomas Sowell | 126k | 8.7% | 52.2 | 100.0% | Economist |
| 4 | DDavid Hume | 100k | 13.2% | 39.9 | 80.6% | Economist |
| 5 | MManmohan Singh | 98k | 2.3% | 44.3 | 64.5% | Economist |
| 6 | JJohn Stuart Mill | 82k | 8.4% | 43.0 | 72.6% | Economist |
| 7 | NNiall Ferguson | 81k | 17.2% | 43.7 | 48.0% | Economist |
| 8 | CChristine Lagarde | 76k | 3.4% | 45.8 | 54.9% | Economist |
| 9 | RRobert Reich | 55k | 3.1% | 38.6 | 54.1% | Economist |
| 10 | JJohn Maynard Keynes | 44k | 8.2% | 40.7 | 9.6% | Economist |
| 11 | KKofi Annan | 42k | 7.0% | 33.4 | 54.1% | Economist |
| 12 | JJens Stoltenberg | 39k | 3.5% | 39.1 | 49.7% | Economist |
| 13 | NNicolaus Copernicus | 32k | 2.2% | 31.1 | 61.8% | Economist |
| 14 | AAníbal Cavaco Silva | 19k | 6.3% | 47.7 | 54.7% | Economist |
| 15 | PPaul Krugman | 18k | 3.0% | 30.1 | 55.4% | Economist |
| 16 | PPeter Drucker | 16k | 2.8% | 35.5 | 48.6% | Economist |
| 17 | NNassim Nicholas Taleb | 15k | 3.9% | 44.7 | 53.5% | Economist |
| 18 | PPedro Passos Coelho | 15k | 4.9% | 47.7 | 54.7% | Economist |
| 19 | FFriedrich Hayek | 15k | 5.7% | 36.3 | 76.3% | Economist |
| 20 | SSubramanian Swamy | 13k | 1.5% | 41.0 | 15.4% | Economist |
| 21 | JJanet Yellen | 12k | 3.3% | 20.6 | 79.0% | Economist |
| 22 | BBenjamin Graham | 8.3k | 2.7% | 31.7 | 49.5% | Economist |
| 23 | AAnders Fogh Rasmussen | 6.7k | 3.0% | 43.5 | 91.3% | Economist |
| 24 | PPhilip Kotler | 4.3k | 1.4% | 32.7 | 65.7% | Economist |
| 25 | PPedro Pablo Kuczynski | 4.1k | 2.1% | 47.2 | 50.1% | Economist |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular economists compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each economist 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 economist in United Kingdom?
Yanis Varoufakis currently leads with an estimated audience of 271k people in United Kingdom.