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
76 Notes from Underground 51k Novel
77 Jonathan Livingston Seagull 50k 37.3 51.1% Novel
78 Book Lovers 49k 33.7 64.9% Novel
79 Percy Jackson e gli Dei dell'Olimpo 49k 20.0 63.3% Novel
80 The Shadow of the Wind 49k Novel
81 The Green Mile (novel) 47k Novel
82 Blindness (novel) 46k Novel
83 The Secret History 45k Novel
84 Aeneid 44k 42.8 70.0% Novel
85 Tao Te Ching 44k 44.9 59.7% Novel
86 Executive Orders 42k Novel
87 Hatha Yoga Pradipika 41k 49.8 71.5% Novel
88 Gabriel's Inferno 41k 43.4 100.0% Novel
89 The Lady of the Camellias 39k Novel
90 Trade Me 39k 43.2 45.1% Novel
91 The Idiot 39k 39.5 74.6% Novel
92 Salome (opera) 39k Novel
93 Journey to the End of the Night 37k 41.2 72.9% Novel
94 The Overcoat 36k 37.5 61.7% Novel
95 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 35k 39.0 44.8% Novel
96 The Fellowship of the Ring 33k 43.9 0.0% Novel
97 Travelbook 32k 39.8 32.6% Novel
98 Imperialism 32k 38.1 47.7% Novel
99 Shakespeare's sonnets 31k 43.6 64.5% Novel
100 The Red and the Black 30k 30.0 100.0% 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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