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Top 100 Authors in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest authors in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 850 authors tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Saki, Stephen King and Charles Dickens lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 609k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 43k, and the largest, Saki, reaches around 227k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each author, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan 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 Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. 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 Japan, 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 Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Dale Carnegie 19k 41.5 35.3% Author
77 Viktor Frankl 19k 30.6 68.9% Author
78 Paulo Coelho 19k 27.1 51.2% Author
79 Anne Rice 19k 29.3 59.7% Author
80 Terry Pratchett 18k 28.8 48.9% Author
81 Charles Bukowski 18k 42.7 67.5% Author
82 Temple Grandin 17k 40.8 84.9% Author
83 Simone de Beauvoir 17k 38.3 86.1% Author
84 John Grisham 17k 28.6 64.2% Author
85 Aleister Crowley 16k 40.7 65.8% Author
86 Kristin Hannah 16k 33.1 59.0% Author
87 Sam Harris (author) 16k 39.6 80.1% Author
88 Marcel Proust 16k 27.7 71.9% Author
89 Bram Stoker 16k 31.4 51.4% Author
90 Ursula K. Le Guin 16k 30.9 62.7% Author
91 Dave Asprey 16k 26.2 60.7% Author
92 Patrick Rothfuss 15k 41.2 56.8% Author
93 Frank Herbert 15k 25.4 14.0% Author
94 Thomas Aquinas 15k 43.8 80.1% Author
95 Kenneth Copeland 15k 44.8 68.7% Author
96 Eckhart Tolle 15k 36.3 52.5% Author
97 Chuck Palahniuk 15k 25.6 56.3% Author
98 Steven Pinker 14k 30.4 57.3% Author
99 Rajneesh 14k 46.4 63.5% Author
100 David Baldacci 14k 25.4 61.6% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each author 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 author in Japan?

Saki currently leads with an estimated audience of 227k people in Japan.

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