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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
26 University of Pisa 342k 43.4 61.6% University
27 Tuscia University 340k 40.5 64.4% University
28 Polytechnic University of Turin 333k 43.6 51.1% University
29 New York University 330k 37.7 45.9% University
30 University of Salento 312k 36.6 59.4% University
31 University of Turin 311k 38.1 54.4% University
32 University of the Fraser Valley 310k 41.2 88.6% University
33 International Organization for Standardization 307k 44.2 32.6% University
34 Vita-Salute San Raffaele University 302k 41.2 60.8% University
35 University of Verona 294k 40.1 66.1% University
36 Tufts University 286k 44.8 56.0% University
37 Royal College of Art 280k 38.4 59.3% University
38 Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia 272k 43.6 52.7% University
39 University of Lagos 270k 33.7 33.3% University
40 University of Baghdad 258k 36.3 52.4% University
41 University of Leeds 257k 40.4 64.6% University
42 Stevens Institute of Technology 250k 38.1 50.2% University
43 Complutense University of Madrid 247k 43.2 55.3% University
44 Baruch College 240k 43.9 49.4% University
45 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia 238k 40.5 59.7% University
46 Roma Tre University 236k 34.8 60.3% University
47 Ca' Foscari University of Venice 231k 37.5 60.4% University
48 ICN Graduate Business School 222k 36.2 74.8% University
49 University of Florence 219k 39.8 54.3% University
50 London School of Economics 219k 29.3 56.0% 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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