Top 50 Cheeses in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest cheeses in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 79 cheeses tracked in Italy, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cheese, Mozzarella and Ricotta lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 17,618,637 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 610,009, and the largest, Cheese, reaches around 11,710,909 people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each cheese, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Cheese	11,710,909	6.1%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
2	Mozzarella	3,338,631	18.2%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
3	Ricotta	2,569,097	41.5%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
4	Parmigiano-Reggiano	2,445,435	18.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
5	Pecorino	1,378,886	44.3%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
6	Cheddar cheese	1,312,329	5.6%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
7	Buffalo mozzarella	894,057	71.7%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
8	Grana Padano	833,221	46.5%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
9	Gorgonzola	729,848	22.6%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
10	Cream cheese	512,074	4.2%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
11	Emmental cheese	443,277	43.6%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
12	Scamorza	424,997	43.1%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
13	Asiago cheese	410,392	58.3%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
14	Caciocavallo	389,838	63.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
15	Stracchino	277,910	57.0%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
16	Pecorino Romano	254,537	24.5%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
17	Provolone	233,866	16.2%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
18	Brie	228,256	14.5%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
19	Montasio	193,307	88.7%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
20	Grana (cheese)	180,767	25.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
21	Smoked cheese	173,862	19.4%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
22	Robiola	169,577	65.3%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
23	Fontina	163,879	47.9%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
24	Biraghi S.P.A.	146,320	94.9%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
25	Feta	114,550	3.5%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
26	Blue cheese	108,217	3.9%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
27	Balkánský sýr	94,089	3.7%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
28	Roque Fort	82,519	13.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
29	Gratin	78,375	3.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
30	Toma cheese	69,696	55.0%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
31	Taleggio cheese	65,063	35.0%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
32	Pecorino Sardo	58,559	57.1%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
33	Pecorino Toscano	52,927	68.2%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
34	Caprino cheese	47,933	85.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
35	Cottage cheese	38,139	0.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
36	Vegan cheese	34,451	2.4%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
37	Formaggio di Fossa	32,900	93.0%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
38	Gouda cheese	31,619	4.9%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
39	Nabulsi cheese	30,567	2.7%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
40	Camembert	22,927	0.9%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
41	Stilton cheese	22,699	18.6%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
42	Gruyère cheese	16,046	3.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
43	Mimolette	15,232	9.2%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
44	Monterey Jack	11,556	1.8%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
45	Cantal	10,894	1.7%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
46	Grated cheese	10,686	1.5%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
47	Manchego	10,660	1.2%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
48	Bleu d'Auvergne	9,542	15.7%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
49	Goat cheese	9,046	0.4%	Cheese	Food & Beverages
50	Caprice des Dieux	6,332	4.1%	Cheese	Food & Beverages