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Top 100 Directors in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest directors in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 529 directors tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rob Reiner, Stefano Benni and Tim Burton lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 301k, and the largest, Rob Reiner, reaches around 1.5M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each director, 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
51 Mario Monicelli 180k 47.5 45.9% Director
52 Bernardo Bertolucci 176k 46.4 52.4% Director
53 Wong Kar-wai 162k 48.2 57.8% Director
54 Miloš Forman 158k 38.7 80.8% Director
55 Roman Polanski 153k 33.0 70.1% Director
56 Billy Wilder 152k 41.2 65.4% Director
57 Danny Boyle 148k 40.9 49.5% Director
58 Peter Jackson 146k 39.9 44.6% Director
59 Oliver Stone 143k 42.8 52.9% Director
60 William Friedkin 142k 34.8 45.3% Director
61 Susanna Tamaro 141k 48.4 74.9% Director
62 Jafar Panahi 139k 47.3 65.9% Director
63 Ken Loach 137k 48.1 60.3% Director
64 Akira Kurosawa 133k 41.9 57.9% Director
65 Giuseppe Tornatore 131k 49.3 56.2% Director
66 Werner Herzog 131k 42.1 59.4% Director
67 Terry Gilliam 124k 37.1 58.8% Director
68 Sanji (director) 124k 25.4 11.4% Director
69 Kathryn Bigelow 123k 45.8 51.9% Director
70 Alice Rohrwacher 122k Director
71 Gabriele Salvatores 118k 41.5 61.3% Director
72 David Cronenberg 117k 44.4 58.0% Director
73 Denis Villeneuve 114k 34.8 34.9% Director
74 Ryan Coogler 112k 42.2 44.9% Director
75 Brian De Palma 109k 43.3 39.8% Director

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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 director 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 director in Italy?

Rob Reiner currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in Italy.

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