Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular 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 Woody Allen lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 291k, 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
76 Gabriele Salvatores 101k 41.5 61.3% Director
77 Sam Mendes 101k 41.8 9.0% Director
78 Edgar Morin 100k 39.6 26.6% Director
79 Dino Risi 100k 42.7 53.9% Director
80 Gus Van Sant 99k 49.6 73.5% Director
81 David Cronenberg 96k 44.4 58.0% Director
82 Alejandro Jodorowsky 95k 44.5 68.1% Director
83 Chloé Zhao 95k 42.2 60.2% Director
84 Gipi 95k 38.4 50.4% Director
85 Ingmar Bergman 94k 45.7 54.5% Director
86 Jean-Luc Godard 94k 46.7 46.6% Director
87 M. Night Shyamalan 94k 36.9 52.3% Director
88 Michael Bay 91k 36.3 20.8% Director
89 Roger Vadim 91k Director
90 Zack Snyder 89k 29.2 30.7% Director
91 Michelangelo Antonioni 88k 44.5 50.2% Director
92 Sidney Lumet 87k 39.6 38.2% Director
93 Takeshi Kitano 86k 43.2 28.8% Director
94 Ryan Coogler 85k 42.2 44.9% Director
95 Michael Mann (director) 81k Director
96 Eli Roth 81k 32.0 42.5% Director
97 Xavier Dolan 77k 40.0 63.8% Director
98 Robert Zemeckis 76k 38.8 37.2% Director
99 Andrea Romano 75k 47.5 30.2% Director
100 Harmony Korine 72k 39.2 83.0% Director

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular directors 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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