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Top 100 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. Benito Mussolini, Laura Boldrini and Enrico Mentana lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 106k, and the largest, Benito Mussolini, reaches around 1.5M 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 Benito Mussolini 1.5M 37.2 23.0% Journalist
2 Laura Boldrini 1.4M 43.5 52.6% Journalist
3 Enrico Mentana 1.3M 41.6 46.8% Journalist
4 Charlotte Casiraghi 657k 40.5 100.0% Journalist
5 Anna Wintour 539k 39.6 77.6% Journalist
6 Beatrice Borromeo 492k Journalist
7 Giuseppe Impastato 469k 37.5 49.6% Journalist
8 Gad Lerner 379k 47.4 48.7% Journalist
9 Massimo Gramellini 344k 46.5 70.1% Journalist
10 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 266k 41.5 79.3% Journalist
11 Fabio Caressa 261k 27.1 2.0% Journalist
12 Peter Gomez 256k 48.3 33.4% Journalist
13 Paolo Guzzanti 242k 43.6 40.0% Journalist
14 Tiziano Terzani 235k 44.5 66.8% Journalist
15 Michele Santoro 222k 44.2 42.0% Journalist
16 Paolo Brosio 205k 46.8 71.0% Journalist
17 Paola Maugeri 151k 41.8 65.1% Journalist
18 Mark Twain 142k 35.0 59.1% Journalist
19 Ronan Farrow 79k 52.0 81.9% Journalist
20 Amos Oz 73k 52.2 66.7% Journalist
21 José Saramago 73k 40.2 55.9% Journalist
22 Vauro Senesi 69k 45.9 42.7% Journalist
23 Guy de Maupassant 69k 45.5 90.1% Journalist
24 Boris Johnson 68k 40.7 48.3% Journalist
25 Theodor Herzl 64k 42.7 56.9% Journalist

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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 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?

Benito Mussolini currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in Italy.

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