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Top 100 Dog breeds in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest dog breeds in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 172 dog breeds tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Labrador Retriever, French Bulldog and Pug lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 762k, and the largest, Labrador Retriever, reaches around 5.5M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each dog breed, 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 Labrador Retriever 5.5M 40.7 64.0% Dog breed
2 French Bulldog 4.9M 40.0 65.2% Dog breed
3 Pug 4.6M 40.8 64.8% Dog breed
4 Yorkshire Terrier 4.6M 40.9 65.6% Dog breed
5 Poodle 4.5M 40.4 66.1% Dog breed
6 Beagle 4.4M 41.1 65.2% Dog breed
7 Dachshund 4.4M 41.5 65.6% Dog breed
8 Shih Tzu 3.9M 40.5 66.1% Dog breed
9 Siberian Husky 3.8M 40.4 64.7% Dog breed
10 Border Collie 3.5M 41.5 66.1% Dog breed
11 American Pit Bull Terrier 3.3M 41.4 61.8% Dog breed
12 Australian Shepherd 2.6M 42.3 65.7% Dog breed
13 Welsh Corgi 2.5M 41.2 66.8% Dog breed
14 Miniature Schnauzer 2.5M 42.5 65.9% Dog breed
15 Great Dane 2.4M 43.1 65.4% Dog breed
16 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 2.3M 42.4 64.5% Dog breed
17 Boston Terrier 2.1M 42.3 67.7% Dog breed
18 Alaskan Malamute 2.1M 42.2 66.3% Dog breed
19 German Shepherd 1.8M 40.9 61.8% Dog breed
20 Samoyed (dog) 1.7M 42.5 68.9% Dog breed
21 Bernese Mountain Dog 1.1M 45.1 66.8% Dog breed
22 American Staffordshire Terrier 628k 37.5 51.0% Dog breed
23 Leonberger 557k 51.7 72.4% Dog breed
24 Bull Terrier 548k 37.3 52.8% Dog breed
25 English Mastiff 488k 44.1 64.5% Dog breed

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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 dog breed 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 dog breed in Italy?

Labrador Retriever currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.5M people in Italy.

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