Top 49 Economists in Japan
This curated ranking covers the 49 largest economists in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Paul Krugman, Thomas Sowell and Peter Drucker lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 48,548 people. Across all 49 entries the average audience size is 4,329, and the largest, Paul Krugman, reaches around 16,369 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each economist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paul Krugman |
16,369 | 2.5% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 2 |  Thomas Sowell |
16,354 | 1.0% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 3 |  Peter Drucker |
15,825 | 2.6% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 4 |  Robert Reich |
15,438 | 0.7% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 5 |  Christine Lagarde |
10,704 | 0.6% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 6 |  Amartya Sen |
10,366 | 3.7% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 7 |  John Stuart Mill |
10,317 | 1.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 8 |  David Hume |
10,010 | 1.4% | Economist | Literature |
| 9 |  Yanis Varoufakis |
9,647 | 1.8% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 10 |  Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
9,308 | 2.2% | Economist | Literature |
| 11 |  Nicolaus Copernicus |
8,389 | 0.6% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 12 |  John Maynard Keynes |
7,937 | 1.5% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 13 |  Niall Ferguson |
7,555 | 1.4% | Economist | Literature |
| 14 |  Jens Stoltenberg |
6,877 | 0.6% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 15 |  Yulia Tymoshenko |
6,631 | 1.9% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 16 |  Janet Yellen |
6,271 | 1.3% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 17 |  Charles Babbage |
5,945 | 1.4% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 18 |  Kofi Annan |
5,925 | 1.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 19 |  Philip Kotler |
5,524 | 1.7% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 20 |  Benjamin Graham |
4,422 | 1.3% | Economist | Literature |
| 21 |  Friedrich Hayek |
2,887 | 1.1% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 22 |  Ibn Khaldun |
2,614 | 1.4% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 23 |  B. R. Ambedkar |
1,803 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 24 |  Mar Roxas |
1,748 | 10.1% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 25 |  Subramanian Swamy |
1,509 | 0.2% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 26 |  Axel Kicillof |
1,178 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 27 |  Bernd Lucke |
1,103 | 0.3% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 28 |  Sri Mulyani Indrawati |
1,091 | 1.6% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 29 |  Carsten Linnemann |
1,067 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 30 |  Rafael Correa |
951 | 0.5% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 31 |  Manmohan Singh |
936 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 32 |  Alex Salmond |
736 | 0.5% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 33 |  Maja Göpel |
601 | 0.1% | Economist | Literature |
| 34 |  Hans-Werner Sinn |
598 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 35 |  Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
557 | 0.2% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 36 |  Zeti Akhtar Aziz |
463 | 0.9% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 37 |  Rizal Ramli |
443 | 0.8% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 38 |  Talaat Harb |
369 | 6.2% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 39 |  Christian Rieck |
359 | 0.4% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 40 |  Salam Fayyad |
320 | 2.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 41 |  Sven Giegold |
293 | 0.4% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 42 |  Miroslav Kalousek |
150 | 0.2% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 43 |  Mustapa Mohamed |
144 | 2.0% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 44 |  Amado Boudou |
142 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 45 |  Alejandro Toledo |
64 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 46 |  Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
61 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 47 |  Josefina Vázquez Mota |
54 | 0.2% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 48 |  Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
39 | 0.0% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 49 |  Pedro Passos Coelho |
33 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 49 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each economist 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 economist in Japan?
Paul Krugman currently leads with an estimated audience of 16,369 people in Japan.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.