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Top 100 Comedians in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest comedians in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 785 comedians tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Checco Zalone, Lino Banfi and Jim Carrey lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 453k, and the largest, Checco Zalone, reaches around 2.7M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each comedian, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, 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
1 Checco Zalone 2.7M 33.9 50.3% Comedian
2 Lino Banfi 2.3M 37.1 24.9% Comedian
3 Jim Carrey 1.8M 33.7 38.8% Comedian
4 Renato Pozzetto 1.6M 42.1 21.0% Comedian
5 Totò 1.4M 41.7 47.5% Comedian
6 Carlo Verdone 1.3M 38.8 41.4% Comedian
7 Virginia Raffaele 1.1M 35.3 66.5% Comedian
8 Giorgio Faletti 1.1M 46.0 64.6% Comedian
9 Roberto Benigni 1M 46.7 61.4% Comedian
10 Jerry Calà 1M 35.3 18.6% Comedian
11 Gigi Proietti 1M 42.2 56.8% Comedian
12 Paola Cortellesi 980k 43.6 55.0% Comedian
13 Massimo Boldi 965k 31.6 29.3% Comedian
14 Claudio Bisio 941k 43.2 48.8% Comedian
15 Enrico Brignano 904k 41.2 53.6% Comedian
16 Alberto Sordi 892k 42.5 43.7% Comedian
17 Diego Abatantuono 862k 35.6 52.1% Comedian
18 Geppi Cucciari 847k 42.2 71.9% Comedian
19 Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo 840k 28.8 31.7% Comedian
20 Ezio Greggio 825k 40.0 48.2% Comedian
21 Beppe Grillo 793k 46.3 38.1% Comedian
22 Paolo Villaggio 787k 36.2 30.0% Comedian
23 Nino Frassica 710k 39.6 44.2% Comedian
24 Raimondo Vianello 698k 42.2 50.2% Comedian
25 Massimo Troisi 678k 40.8 48.2% Comedian

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

Checco Zalone currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.7M people in Italy.

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