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Top 81 Cheeses in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 81 largest cheeses in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Cheese, Mozzarella and Ricotta lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 18M people. Across all 81 entries the average audience size is 378k, and the largest, Cheese, reaches around 12M 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.

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Rank

Position in the Top 81, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Italy. 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 Italy, 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 Italy. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Blue cheese 108k 38.9 59.1% Cheese
27 Balkánský sýr 94k 45.5 80.0% Cheese
28 Roque Fort 83k 43.1 64.6% Cheese
29 Gratin 78k 44.1 63.0% Cheese
30 Toma cheese 70k 38.2 58.3% Cheese
31 Taleggio cheese 65k 44.2 60.4% Cheese
32 Pecorino Sardo 59k 47.1 53.0% Cheese
33 Pecorino Toscano 53k 55.9 50.0% Cheese
34 Caprino cheese 48k 45.4 62.1% Cheese
35 Consorzio Parmigiano reggiano 47k 42.9 58.5% Cheese
36 Cottage cheese 38k 51.0 60.4% Cheese
37 Vegan cheese 34k 39.7 48.9% Cheese
38 Formaggio di Fossa 33k Cheese
39 Gouda cheese 32k 33.0 55.6% Cheese
40 Nabulsi cheese 31k 37.8 15.3% Cheese
41 Camembert 23k 39.1 61.3% Cheese
42 Stilton cheese 23k 42.7 53.9% Cheese
43 Gruyère cheese 16k 49.8 100.0% Cheese
44 Mimolette 15k 33.9 49.2% Cheese
45 Monterey Jack 12k 40.7 67.3% Cheese
46 Cantal 11k 43.7 55.8% Cheese
47 Grated cheese 11k 32.4 59.3% Cheese
48 Manchego 11k 35.2 52.3% Cheese
49 Bleu d'Auvergne 9.5k 48.3 61.5% Cheese
50 Consorzio Grana Padano 9.5k 42.9 58.5% Cheese

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 81 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each cheese 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 cheese in Italy?

Cheese currently leads with an estimated audience of 12M people in Italy.

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