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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
51 University of Catania 216k 40.0 59.1% University
52 University of Insubria 215k 35.0 53.5% University
53 Niger Delta University 213k 43.1 61.8% University
54 University of Siena 212k 39.1 59.5% University
55 Paris Dauphine University 209k 42.9 62.5% University
56 Mahidol University 207k 35.3 65.4% University
57 University College London 207k 29.0 59.6% University
58 American University in Cairo 204k 31.6 49.7% University
59 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 203k 36.2 73.7% University
60 University of Salerno 199k 36.0 58.8% University
61 University of Bonn 199k 44.1 71.9% University
62 German University in Cairo 197k 31.4 51.2% University
63 Yale University 195k 36.9 47.6% University
64 University of Miami 180k 36.4 49.4% University
65 Columbia University 180k 32.7 49.6% University
66 London Business School 179k 35.8 45.4% University
67 Stanford University 177k 36.4 45.9% University
68 Berklee College of Music 172k 36.3 41.9% University
69 The American University of Iraq – Sulaimani 171k 46.0 48.3% University
70 University of Genoa 169k 40.8 58.0% University
71 University of Camerino 167k 31.5 61.2% University
72 Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior 164k 35.0 51.6% University
73 Loma Linda University School of Dentistry 164k 35.6 51.2% University
74 University of L'Aquila 164k 39.0 63.7% University
75 Parthenope University of Naples 161k 37.2 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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