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Top 100 Journalists in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest journalists in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 142 journalists tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Joan Didion, Anna Wintour and Mark Twain lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 258k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 5.9k, and the largest, Joan Didion, reaches around 131k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each journalist, 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
26 Rabindra Mishra 4.5k 28.2 11.0% Journalist
27 José Saramago 4.3k 45.0 70.8% Journalist
28 James O'Keefe 4k 46.4 37.9% Journalist
29 Andrew Ross Sorkin 3.9k 33.9 60.5% Journalist
30 Victoria Coren Mitchell 3.9k 23.3 10.3% Journalist
31 Malcolm Turnbull 3.5k 41.1 36.2% Journalist
32 Mike Wallace 3.4k 53.5 38.9% Journalist
33 Suzy Menkes 3.4k 34.5 78.4% Journalist
34 Karl Rove 2.6k 49.7 55.2% Journalist
35 Germaine Greer 2.4k 41.9 56.4% Journalist
36 Galvão Bueno 2.4k 35.9 20.5% Journalist
37 James Thurber 2.1k 44.3 0.0% Journalist
38 Max Hastings 2k 51.9 0.0% Journalist
39 Ismael Cala 1.9k 39.6 41.0% Journalist
40 Don McCullin 1.7k 37.9 37.2% Journalist
41 Karl Stefanovic 1.5k 43.1 71.8% Journalist
42 Yiğit Bulut 1.3k 40.6 18.1% Journalist
43 Kate Atkinson 1.3k 33.1 59.0% Journalist
44 Caren Miosga 1.2k 36.9 33.8% Journalist
45 Andrew Breitbart 1.1k 48.9 47.1% Journalist
46 Émile Zola 1.1k 28.5 40.6% Journalist
47 Fatima Bhutto 788 29.9 0.0% Journalist
48 Elin Kling 770 30.4 100.0% Journalist
49 Glennon Doyle Melton 752 25.3 75.3% Journalist
50 Martin Suter 684 44.5 50.8% Journalist

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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 journalist 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 journalist in Japan?

Joan Didion currently leads with an estimated audience of 131k people in Japan.

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