Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular Painters in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest painters in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 248 painters tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Leonardo da Vinci, Frida Kahlo and Michelangelo lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 189k, and the largest, Leonardo da Vinci, reaches around 2.1M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each painter, 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
1 Leonardo da Vinci 2.1M 44.1 60.1% Painter
2 Frida Kahlo 1.8M 44.0 71.6% Painter
3 Michelangelo 1.5M 46.4 64.3% Painter
4 Andy Warhol 932k 46.3 52.2% Painter
5 Vincent van Gogh 704k 43.3 63.6% Painter
6 Keith Haring 628k 46.4 52.0% Painter
7 Raphael 598k 47.6 63.1% Painter
8 James Mollison 494k Painter
9 Giorgione 471k 39.1 46.3% Painter
10 Andrea Pazienza 433k 41.5 51.5% Painter
11 Pablo Picasso 361k 39.9 61.8% Painter
12 Claude Monet 277k 45.0 62.9% Painter
13 Lucio Fontana 274k 48.7 56.5% Painter
14 Rembrandt 262k 40.9 59.5% Painter
15 Francis Bacon 254k 42.5 55.9% Painter
16 David Hockney 246k 34.3 49.8% Painter
17 Gustav Klimt 228k 44.4 73.0% Painter
18 Paul Klee 222k 45.7 59.3% Painter
19 William Blake 216k 46.6 59.4% Painter
20 Mark Rothko 213k 43.9 54.7% Painter
21 Marc Chagall 213k 47.9 55.6% Painter
22 Leonora Carrington 209k 35.6 62.9% Painter
23 Joan Miró 177k 48.8 71.5% Painter
24 Paul Gauguin 173k 45.8 64.3% Painter
25 Jeff Koons 172k 43.6 44.4% Painter

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular painters compiled?

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

Leonardo da Vinci currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.1M people in Italy.

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