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Top 20 Philosophers in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 20 largest philosophers in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Plato, Karl Marx and Aristotle lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 96k people. Across all 20 entries the average audience size is 7.9k, and the largest, Plato, reaches around 63k people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each philosopher, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 20, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Plato 63k 34.1 43.7% Philosopher
2 Karl Marx 17k 49.2 49.4% Philosopher
3 Aristotle 16k 41.3 38.7% Philosopher
4 Sigmund Freud 11k 46.8 64.3% Philosopher
5 Voltaire 7.4k 31.7 73.0% Philosopher
6 Fyodor Dostoyevsky 6.9k 28.7 59.1% Philosopher
7 Immanuel Kant 6k 39.5 60.6% Philosopher
8 Friedrich Nietzsche 5.9k 29.9 87.0% Philosopher
9 Leo Tolstoy 5.3k 31.8 53.2% Philosopher
10 Michel Foucault 5.1k 39.7 57.4% Philosopher
11 Socrates 4.6k 26.7 57.2% Philosopher
12 William James 2.7k 43.7 67.7% Philosopher
13 Rudolf Steiner 1.3k 40.0 78.0% Philosopher
14 Daniel Dennett 1.2k 39.0 55.9% Philosopher
15 Ken Wilber 1k 47.0 66.7% Philosopher
16 Helena Blavatsky 671 45.2 68.1% Philosopher
17 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 615 33.3 73.4% Philosopher
18 Herbert Spencer 592 27.4 100.0% Philosopher
19 William Lane Craig 591 43.5 31.2% Philosopher
20 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 519 34.7 35.9% Philosopher

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 20 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each philosopher 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 philosopher in South Korea?

Plato currently leads with an estimated audience of 63k people in South Korea.

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