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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
51 Walter Isaacson 12k 59.0 47.3% Journalist
52 Sergei Diaghilev 12k Journalist
53 Martin Suter 12k 45.6 53.8% Journalist
54 Pearl S. Buck 12k 43.1 100.0% Journalist
55 Jilly Cooper 11k 31.9 51.6% Journalist
56 Rosa Montero 10k 49.3 75.2% Journalist
57 Don McCullin 9.6k 39.7 30.5% Journalist
58 André Gide 8.9k 29.0 0.0% Journalist
59 Jaime Bayly 8.2k 47.7 41.2% Journalist
60 Gretchen Carlson 8.1k 50.8 51.3% Journalist
61 Jean d'Ormesson 8.1k 44.3 71.1% Journalist
62 Suzy Menkes 8k 24.8 61.1% Journalist
63 Steven Crowder 7.9k 47.8 36.7% Journalist
64 Masih Alinejad 7.4k 45.6 58.6% Journalist
65 Amin Maalouf 7.2k Journalist
66 Max Hastings 7k 51.4 0.0% Journalist
67 Martha Medeiros 6.9k 43.1 84.6% Journalist
68 Kara Swisher 6.8k 38.7 63.5% Journalist
69 Atul Gawande 6.4k 38.1 81.8% Journalist
70 Caren Miosga 5.8k 37.3 49.3% Journalist
71 Annie Proulx 5.6k Journalist
72 Paulo Henrique Amorim 5.5k 44.0 60.8% Journalist
73 Simon Beckett 5.2k 27.3 52.5% Journalist
74 Pat Buchanan 5k Journalist
75 Ruben Van Gucht 4.8k 38.3 38.4% 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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