Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular Novels in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest novels in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 387 novels tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. The Count of Monte Cristo, The Prince and Old Testament lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 211k, and the largest, The Count of Monte Cristo, reaches around 3.4M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each novel, 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 Book of Exodus 92k 43.5 53.8% Novel
52 Antrax 92k 46.4 58.5% Novel
53 'Salem's Lot 89k 49.6 40.2% Novel
54 Flowers for Algernon 87k Novel
55 Catechism of the Catholic Church 84k 41.4 58.4% Novel
56 Le Cid 81k Novel
57 Nosso Lar 76k Novel
58 Nostromo 72k 28.5 20.8% Novel
59 For Whom the Bell Tolls 72k 42.5 0.0% Novel
60 Thus Spoke Zarathustra 69k Novel
61 The Time Machine 68k 40.2 52.8% Novel
62 Aesop's Fables 67k 49.4 100.0% Novel
63 Bluebeard 66k 41.7 72.4% Novel
64 The Princess and the Pea 65k 48.1 100.0% Novel
65 The Decameron 64k 43.3 64.6% Novel
66 The Trial 60k 34.0 46.1% Novel
67 1Q84 57k Novel
68 Touchez pas au grisbi 56k 35.7 58.7% Novel
69 Eldest 56k 56.9 34.1% Novel
70 Antifragile 55k 43.7 0.0% Novel
71 The Silmarillion 55k 32.7 34.3% Novel
72 One Hundred Years of Solitude 54k 45.9 60.5% Novel
73 Another (novel) 53k 27.4 77.4% Novel
74 Prince Caspian 52k 37.0 70.9% Novel
75 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 52k Novel

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular novels compiled?

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

The Count of Monte Cristo currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.4M people in Italy.

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