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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
76 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 160k 37.6 45.9% University
77 University of Messina 157k 36.3 60.9% University
78 University of Regensburg 157k 49.0 66.4% University
79 University of Macerata 157k 37.0 67.0% University
80 Durban University of Technology 156k 35.5 47.3% University
81 University of Münster 154k 47.8 62.9% University
82 ESCP Europe 154k 35.7 52.8% University
83 University of Tübingen 152k 48.8 67.0% University
84 Srinakharinwirot University 151k 37.1 66.5% University
85 Humboldt University of Berlin 150k 35.9 53.2% University
86 Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples 148k 39.4 59.7% University
87 University of Teramo 148k 37.7 60.1% University
88 Juilliard School 144k 44.7 54.8% University
89 Middle East Technical University 144k 40.4 80.7% University
90 Imperial College London 142k 35.5 64.5% University
91 MIT Sloan School of Management 142k 36.8 55.7% University
92 Chulalongkorn University 141k 39.2 68.6% University
93 Indiana University School of Dentistry 138k 38.7 53.6% University
94 University of Toronto 137k 35.8 46.1% University
95 American Musical and Dramatic Academy 136k 38.9 46.9% University
96 University of Delhi 135k 27.9 43.1% University
97 King's College London 135k 38.2 59.3% University
98 Bangkok University 134k 34.5 67.5% University
99 University of Perugia 133k 43.3 59.6% University
100 University of Technology, Iraq 133k 37.5 44.3% 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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