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Rank
Position in the Top 23, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.
Audience size
Estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.
Country share
Share of the global audience that is active in India. 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 India, 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 India. 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 | PPriya Sharma | 103k | 65.4% | 32.0 | 11.5% | Novelist |
| 2 | WWilliam Makepeace Thackeray | 19k | 15.0% | 25.7 | 69.1% | Novelist |
| 3 | NNathaniel Hawthorne | 18k | 3.2% | 24.7 | 24.6% | Novelist |
| 4 | HHerman Melville | 16k | 2.4% | 29.3 | 46.3% | Novelist |
| 5 | EElena Ferrante | 9.3k | 0.6% | 23.6 | 74.0% | Novelist |
| 6 | RRaymond Chandler | 8.2k | 1.8% | 24.2 | 36.2% | Novelist |
| 7 | SStephen Chbosky | 6.6k | 2.8% | 31.1 | 48.6% | Novelist |
| 8 | TTerry McMillan | 2.6k | 1.1% | 38.4 | 54.7% | Novelist |
| 9 | JJonathan Safran Foer | 1.6k | 0.9% | 27.3 | 42.3% | Novelist |
| 10 | HHelen Fielding | 1.4k | 0.6% | 22.2 | 39.6% | Novelist |
| 11 | PPeter Robinson (novelist) | 1.3k | 0.6% | 23.0 | 28.1% | Novelist |
| 12 | MMegan Hart | 974 | 2.9% | 28.5 | 88.1% | Novelist |
| 13 | EEmily Giffin | 888 | 0.6% | 24.1 | 36.1% | Novelist |
| 14 | LLuanne Rice | 678 | 1.8% | 28.8 | 40.3% | Novelist |
| 15 | MMolly Harper | 666 | 1.4% | 25.7 | 33.2% | Novelist |
| 16 | JJ.A. Redmerski | 460 | 14.2% | 22.6 | 66.9% | Novelist |
| 17 | CChristian Kracht | 393 | 0.2% | 33.1 | 28.6% | Novelist |
| 18 | BBenedict Wells | 203 | 0.1% | 33.1 | 28.6% | Novelist |
| 19 | TTracie Peterson | 143 | 0.7% | 45.5 | 74.7% | Novelist |
| 20 | MMolly McAdams | 140 | 1.7% | 39.7 | 46.8% | Novelist |
| 21 | UUwe Tellkamp | 101 | 0.1% | 33.0 | 28.3% | Novelist |
| 22 | TThea Dorn | 85 | 0.1% | 30.4 | 32.2% | Novelist |
| 23 | JJudith Arnold | 7 | 0.1% | 26.5 | 64.8% | Novelist |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 23 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India and ranks each novelist 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 novelist in India?
Priya Sharma currently leads with an estimated audience of 103k people in India.