Top 49 Economists in South Korea
This curated ranking covers the 49 largest economists in South Korea, 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 10,998 people. Across all 49 entries the average audience size is 1,054, and the largest, Paul Krugman, reaches around 3,827 people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each economist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paul Krugman |
3,827 | 0.6% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 2 |  Thomas Sowell |
3,788 | 0.2% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 3 |  Peter Drucker |
3,383 | 0.6% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 4 |  David Hume |
3,249 | 0.5% | Economist | Literature |
| 5 |  John Stuart Mill |
2,897 | 0.3% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 6 |  Janet Yellen |
2,745 | 0.6% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 7 |  Amartya Sen |
2,688 | 1.0% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 8 |  Robert Reich |
2,621 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 9 |  John Maynard Keynes |
2,567 | 0.5% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 10 |  Christine Lagarde |
2,538 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 11 |  Nicolaus Copernicus |
2,043 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 12 |  Benjamin Graham |
1,928 | 0.6% | Economist | Literature |
| 13 |  Niall Ferguson |
1,868 | 0.3% | Economist | Literature |
| 14 |  Yulia Tymoshenko |
1,867 | 0.5% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 15 |  Subramanian Swamy |
1,850 | 0.2% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 16 |  Yanis Varoufakis |
1,565 | 0.3% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 17 |  Charles Babbage |
1,232 | 0.3% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 18 |  Friedrich Hayek |
1,170 | 0.5% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 19 |  Manmohan Singh |
1,141 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 20 |  Kofi Annan |
1,006 | 0.2% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 21 |  Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
764 | 0.2% | Economist | Literature |
| 22 |  Philip Kotler |
642 | 0.2% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 23 |  Jens Stoltenberg |
568 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 24 |  Ibn Khaldun |
526 | 0.3% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 25 |  Rafael Correa |
255 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 26 |  Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
189 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 27 |  B. R. Ambedkar |
179 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 28 |  Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
174 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 29 |  Alex Salmond |
170 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 30 |  Carsten Linnemann |
167 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 31 |  Sri Mulyani Indrawati |
166 | 0.2% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 32 |  Bernd Lucke |
163 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 33 |  Maja Göpel |
149 | 0.0% | Economist | Literature |
| 34 |  Alejandro Toledo |
149 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 35 |  Talaat Harb |
145 | 2.4% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 36 |  Pedro Passos Coelho |
145 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 37 |  Zeti Akhtar Aziz |
139 | 0.3% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 38 |  Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
133 | 0.1% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 39 |  Salam Fayyad |
126 | 0.8% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 40 |  Hans-Werner Sinn |
126 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 41 |  Mar Roxas |
112 | 0.7% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 42 |  Axel Kicillof |
96 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 43 |  Sven Giegold |
76 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 44 |  Rizal Ramli |
76 | 0.1% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 45 |  Christian Rieck |
56 | 0.1% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 46 |  Mustapa Mohamed |
56 | 0.8% | Economist | Business & Career |
| 47 |  Amado Boudou |
54 | 0.0% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 48 |  Miroslav Kalousek |
49 | 0.1% | Economist | Politics & Society |
| 49 |  Josefina Vázquez Mota |
29 | 0.1% | Economist | Business & Career |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 49 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea 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 South Korea?
Paul Krugman currently leads with an estimated audience of 3,827 people in South Korea.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.