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Top 100 Universities in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3.5k universities tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. University of Bologna, University of Pennsylvania and University of Oxford lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 383k, and the largest, University of Bologna, reaches around 2.8M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each university, 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 University of Bologna 2.8M 44.2 58.7% University
2 University of Pennsylvania 2.6M 43.2 59.9% University
3 University of Oxford 1.9M 37.5 59.9% University
4 University of Padua 1.8M 45.6 57.0% University
5 University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay 1.5M — — University
6 University of Milan 1.4M 39.0 54.3% University
7 Sapienza University of Rome 1.3M 36.0 58.8% University
8 Bocconi University 909k 39.2 51.1% University
9 Polytechnic University of Milan 847k 38.9 51.7% University
10 Technical University of Madrid 709k 39.9 36.6% University
11 Harvard University 620k 34.3 58.4% University
12 University of Parma 616k 42.4 57.4% University
13 University of Naples Federico II 593k 37.4 58.7% University
14 University of Cambridge 545k 33.5 59.6% University
15 University of Udine 516k 39.3 56.0% University
16 The New School 511k 40.4 70.9% University
17 University of Rome Tor Vergata 483k 38.1 60.7% University
18 Università Iuav di Venezia 471k 43.0 54.6% University
19 University of Sassari 450k 38.8 63.3% University
20 University of Palermo 446k 39.2 54.7% University
21 University of Cagliari 402k 41.0 63.3% University
22 National University of San Marcos 380k 42.9 53.9% University
23 Harvard Business School 375k 38.3 48.0% University
24 IULM University of Milan 362k 38.8 53.0% University
25 Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education 356k 37.2 61.2% University

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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 university 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 university in Italy?

University of Bologna currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.8M people in Italy.

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