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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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RRomano Prodi | 584k | 96.0% | 42.8 | 56.4% | Economist |
| 2 | NNicolaus Copernicus | 473k | 31.8% | 44.0 | 49.5% | Economist |
| 3 | CChristine Lagarde | 449k | 20.2% | 59.0 | 47.4% | Economist |
| 4 | JJeffrey Sachs | 154k | 15.4% | 22.4 | 36.6% | Economist |
| 5 | RRenato Brunetta | 86k | 98.7% | 46.6 | 28.8% | Economist |
| 6 | JJohn Stuart Mill | 75k | 7.6% | 46.0 | 71.5% | Economist |
| 7 | YYulia Tymoshenko | 62k | 15.7% | 53.3 | 100.0% | Economist |
| 8 | GGuido Carli | 49k | 99.2% | 36.3 | 55.5% | Economist |
| 9 | DDavid Hume | 45k | 5.9% | 49.0 | 100.0% | Economist |
| 10 | AAmartya Sen | 43k | 15.6% | 45.1 | 49.4% | Economist |
| 11 | YYanis Varoufakis | 42k | 5.3% | 39.0 | 17.0% | Economist |
| 12 | JJohn Maynard Keynes | 30k | 5.5% | 44.4 | 24.1% | Economist |
| 13 | KKofi Annan | 28k | 4.7% | 27.6 | 34.9% | Economist |
| 14 | AAlan Greenspan | 25k | 5.7% | 49.1 | 53.3% | Economist |
| 15 | VVilfredo Pareto | 24k | 51.1% | — | — | Economist |
| 16 | TThomas Sowell | 20k | 1.4% | 47.8 | 29.6% | Economist |
| 17 | DDominique Strauss-Kahn | 18k | 20.5% | — | — | Economist |
| 18 | CCharles Babbage | 18k | 4.3% | 36.7 | 11.8% | Economist |
| 19 | PPeter Drucker | 17k | 3.0% | 40.5 | 29.7% | Economist |
| 20 | PPedro Pablo Kuczynski | 17k | 8.6% | 43.8 | 54.5% | Economist |
| 21 | PPhilip Kotler | 16k | 5.5% | 41.3 | 35.6% | Economist |
| 22 | MManmohan Singh | 16k | 0.4% | 40.6 | 56.7% | Economist |
| 23 | NNiall Ferguson | 16k | 3.3% | 41.4 | 58.2% | Economist |
| 24 | AAlejandro Toledo | 14k | 9.5% | 41.1 | 59.5% | Economist |
| 25 | TThomas Piketty | 14k | 3.6% | 40.9 | 34.4% | Economist |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular economists compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each economist 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 economist in Italy?
Romano Prodi currently leads with an estimated audience of 584k people in Italy.