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Top 15 Philosophers in India

This curated ranking covers the 15 largest philosophers in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Karl Marx, Aristotle and Plato lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.4M people. Across all 15 entries the average audience size is 297k, and the largest, Karl Marx, reaches around 1.1M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each philosopher, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 15, 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 Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Karl Marx 1.1M 32.8 28.7% Philosopher
2 Aristotle 758k 33.6 28.7% Philosopher
3 Plato 576k 32.8 28.6% Philosopher
4 Socrates 485k 26.8 55.2% Philosopher
5 Sigmund Freud 369k 30.7 42.8% Philosopher
6 Fyodor Dostoyevsky 332k 26.3 37.8% Philosopher
7 Friedrich Nietzsche 226k 25.8 35.9% Philosopher
8 Immanuel Kant 196k 33.5 17.2% Philosopher
9 Leo Tolstoy 182k 26.1 34.7% Philosopher
10 Voltaire 123k 28.5 16.9% Philosopher
11 Michel Foucault 83k 29.0 32.2% Philosopher
12 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 40k 33.3 73.4% Philosopher
13 Rudolf Steiner 15k 39.2 34.2% Philosopher
14 Daniel Dennett 8.9k 22.3 56.6% Philosopher
15 Ken Wilber 4.1k 36.1 46.6% Philosopher

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 15 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India and ranks each philosopher 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 philosopher in India?

Karl Marx currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.1M people in India.

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