Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular 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 787 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 7.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 466k, and the largest, Checco Zalone, reaches around 2.8M 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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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 2.8M 33.9 50.3% Comedian
2 Lino Banfi 2.7M 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 1.2M 38.8 41.4% Comedian
7 Virginia Raffaele 1.1M 35.3 66.5% Comedian
8 Gigi Proietti 1.1M 42.2 56.8% Comedian
9 Claudio Bisio 1.1M 43.2 48.8% Comedian
10 Alberto Sordi 1.1M 42.5 43.7% Comedian
11 Jerry Calà 1.1M 35.3 18.6% Comedian
12 Paola Cortellesi 1.1M 43.6 55.0% Comedian
13 Giorgio Faletti 1M 46.0 64.6% Comedian
14 Roberto Benigni 1M 46.7 61.4% Comedian
15 Massimo Boldi 1M 31.6 29.3% Comedian
16 Enrico Brignano 880k 41.2 53.6% Comedian
17 Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo 856k 28.8 31.7% Comedian
18 Diego Abatantuono 814k 35.6 52.1% Comedian
19 Beppe Grillo 814k 46.3 38.1% Comedian
20 Geppi Cucciari 804k 42.2 71.9% Comedian
21 Paolo Villaggio 748k 36.2 30.0% Comedian
22 Ezio Greggio 676k 40.0 48.2% Comedian
23 Nino Frassica 675k 39.6 44.2% Comedian
24 Massimo Troisi 668k 40.8 48.2% Comedian
25 Luciana Littizzetto 658k 35.7 75.4% Comedian

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular comedians 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 2.8M people in Italy.

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