Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular Journalists in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest journalists in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 373 journalists tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Charlotte Casiraghi, Benito Mussolini and Enrico Mentana lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 143k, and the largest, Charlotte Casiraghi, reaches around 5.7M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each journalist, 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 Charlotte Casiraghi 5.7M 40.5 50.3% Journalist
2 Benito Mussolini 1.5M 37.2 23.0% Journalist
3 Enrico Mentana 1.2M 41.6 46.8% Journalist
4 Anna Wintour 686k 39.6 77.6% Journalist
5 Beatrice Borromeo 499k Journalist
6 Giuseppe Impastato 445k 37.5 49.6% Journalist
7 Massimo Gramellini 357k 46.5 70.1% Journalist
8 Gad Lerner 348k 47.4 48.7% Journalist
9 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 297k 41.5 79.3% Journalist
10 Fabio Caressa 280k 27.1 2.0% Journalist
11 Tiziano Terzani 265k 44.5 66.8% Journalist
12 Peter Gomez 214k 48.3 33.4% Journalist
13 Paolo Brosio 199k 46.8 71.0% Journalist
14 Michele Santoro 195k 44.2 42.0% Journalist
15 Paola Maugeri 153k 41.8 65.1% Journalist
16 Paolo Guzzanti 137k 43.6 40.0% Journalist
17 Mark Twain 131k 35.0 59.1% Journalist
18 Boris Johnson 86k 40.7 48.3% Journalist
19 Ronan Farrow 80k 52.0 81.9% Journalist
20 Amos Oz 74k 52.2 66.7% Journalist
21 José Saramago 72k 40.2 55.9% Journalist
22 Guy de Maupassant 69k 45.5 90.1% Journalist
23 Vauro Senesi 65k 45.9 42.7% Journalist
24 Theodor Herzl 65k 42.7 56.9% Journalist
25 Carla Sozzani 61k 39.9 80.1% Journalist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular journalists compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each journalist 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 journalist in Italy?

Charlotte Casiraghi currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.7M people in Italy.

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