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
26 Megyn Kelly 61k 47.9 58.2% Journalist
27 Magdi Allam 58k 47.1 40.3% Journalist
28 Daniel Defoe 50k Journalist
29 Hunter S. Thompson 48k 41.6 50.7% Journalist
30 Ayn Rand 47k 40.5 55.1% Journalist
31 Graham Hancock 41k 52.2 60.4% Journalist
32 Diana Nyad 40k 51.1 87.3% Journalist
33 Marcelo Rubens Paiva 39k 42.0 59.8% Journalist
34 Joan Didion 38k 29.9 100.0% Journalist
35 Carol Vorderman 38k 46.9 7.8% Journalist
36 L. Frank Baum 36k 34.7 27.0% Journalist
37 Don DeLillo 36k Journalist
38 Émile Zola 35k 44.7 74.7% Journalist
39 Jo Nesbø 30k 45.6 73.6% Journalist
40 Willy Brandt 29k 39.8 47.2% Journalist
41 Christopher Hitchens 24k 39.7 51.9% Journalist
42 Emma Goldman 23k 43.2 57.7% Journalist
43 Mehdi Hasan 21k 35.0 54.6% Journalist
44 Glenn Greenwald 20k 46.8 48.8% Journalist
45 Gloria Steinem 17k 27.9 54.2% Journalist
46 Rose Wilder Lane 17k 43.9 0.0% Journalist
47 G. K. Chesterton 14k 47.6 57.6% Journalist
48 Isaac Bashevis Singer 13k Journalist
49 Pearl S. Buck 13k 43.1 100.0% Journalist
50 Jilly Cooper 13k 31.9 51.6% 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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