Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular Scientists in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest scientists in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 228 scientists tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Stephen Hawking, Primo Levi and Marie Curie lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 63k, and the largest, Stephen Hawking, reaches around 1.1M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each scientists, 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 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 14k 47.9 85.4% Scientists
52 Samuel Hahnemann 13k 47.6 89.7% Scientists
53 Andreas Stihl 13k 41.7 22.3% Scientists
54 Antoine Lavoisier 12k 39.1 74.0% Scientists
55 Carl Friedrich Gauss 12k 35.0 46.6% Scientists
56 Omar Mukhtar 11k 30.7 62.7% Scientists
57 Kurt Gödel 11k 34.2 51.8% Scientists
58 Ernesto Sabato 10k 35.3 54.0% Scientists
59 Pablo Iglesias 10k 47.4 39.0% Scientists
60 David Hilbert 7.2k Scientists
61 Norbert Wiener 6.9k 29.0 0.0% Scientists
62 Peter Higgs 6.9k Scientists
63 Christopher Wren 6.8k 44.4 50.6% Scientists
64 Isambard Kingdom Brunel 6.3k 40.8 58.0% Scientists
65 Pompeu Fabra 6.2k Scientists
66 Marco Andreolli 6.1k Scientists
67 Rupert Neve 6.1k 43.3 21.3% Scientists
68 George Stephanopoulos 5.9k 26.7 68.8% Scientists
69 Steve Russell 5.7k Scientists
70 Pablo Martínez 5.1k 37.0 44.6% Scientists
71 Freeman Dyson 4.7k Scientists
72 Hans Rosling 4.4k 33.6 53.6% Scientists
73 Peter Aerts 4.4k 37.6 0.0% Scientists
74 Andrew Wommack 4.3k 49.4 75.3% Scientists
75 Elio Di Rupo 4.2k 39.8 44.5% Scientists

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular scientists compiled?

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

Stephen Hawking currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.1M people in Italy.

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