Top 26 Economists in India
This curated ranking covers the 26 largest economists in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Manmohan Singh, B. R. Ambedkar and Subramanian Swamy lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5,122,822 people. Across all 26 entries the average audience size is 205,217, and the largest, Manmohan Singh, reaches around 2,804,350 people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each economist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Manmohan Singh |
2,804,350 | 74.4% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 2 |  B. R. Ambedkar |
1,561,188 | 96.6% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 3 |  Subramanian Swamy |
757,284 | 87.5% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 4 |  Benjamin Graham |
54,808 | 15.9% | Economist | Literature |
| 5 |  Philip Kotler |
45,494 | 13.8% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 6 |  Kofi Annan |
38,061 | 6.4% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 7 |  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala |
13,563 | 27.5% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 8 |  Paul Krugman |
12,982 | 2.0% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 9 |  Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
12,959 | 3.1% | Economist | Literature |
| 10 |  Robert Reich |
10,205 | 0.5% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 11 |  Niall Ferguson |
7,409 | 1.3% | Economist | Literature |
| 12 |  Friedrich Hayek |
6,870 | 2.6% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 13 |  Jens Stoltenberg |
6,352 | 0.5% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 14 |  Frédéric Bastiat |
1,131 | 3.9% | Economist | Literature |
| 15 |  Bernd Lucke |
851 | 0.3% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 16 |  Sri Mulyani Indrawati |
615 | 0.9% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 17 |  Carsten Linnemann |
575 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 18 |  Hans-Werner Sinn |
275 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 19 |  Maja Göpel |
262 | 0.0% | Economist | Literature |
| 20 |  Sven Giegold |
182 | 0.2% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 21 |  Christian Rieck |
77 | 0.1% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 22 |  Danilo Medina |
61 | 0.9% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 23 |  Günter Faltin |
61 | 1.2% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 24 |  Axel Kicillof |
19 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 25 |  Amartya Sen |
16 | 0.0% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 26 |  Pedro Passos Coelho |
8 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 26 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India 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 India?
Manmohan Singh currently leads with an estimated audience of 2,804,350 people in India.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across India. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.