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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 371 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 109k, 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
26 Boris Johnson 68k 40.7 48.3% Journalist
27 Theodor Herzl 64k 42.7 56.9% Journalist
28 Magdi Allam 57k 47.1 40.3% Journalist
29 Megyn Kelly 57k 47.9 58.2% Journalist
30 Carla Sozzani 53k 39.9 80.1% Journalist
31 Hunter S. Thompson 49k 41.6 50.7% Journalist
32 Daniel Defoe 49k Journalist
33 Ayn Rand 48k 40.5 55.1% Journalist
34 Joan Didion 45k 29.9 100.0% Journalist
35 Graham Hancock 40k 52.2 60.4% Journalist
36 Diana Nyad 39k 51.1 87.3% Journalist
37 Marcelo Rubens Paiva 39k 42.0 59.8% Journalist
38 Carol Vorderman 37k 46.9 7.8% Journalist
39 L. Frank Baum 37k 34.7 27.0% Journalist
40 Don DeLillo 36k Journalist
41 Willy Brandt 29k 39.8 47.2% Journalist
42 Glenn Greenwald 25k 46.8 48.8% Journalist
43 Christopher Hitchens 24k 39.7 51.9% Journalist
44 Emma Goldman 23k 43.2 57.7% Journalist
45 Mehdi Hasan 19k 35.0 54.6% Journalist
46 Gloria Steinem 17k 27.9 54.2% Journalist
47 Rose Wilder Lane 16k 43.9 0.0% Journalist
48 G. K. Chesterton 14k 47.6 57.6% Journalist
49 Isaac Bashevis Singer 13k Journalist
50 Dave Meltzer 12k 35.9 38.6% 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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