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Top 100 Poets in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest poets in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 113 poets tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. T. S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath and Ada Lovelace lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 28k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.2k, and the largest, T. S. Eliot, reaches around 12k people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each poet, 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 100, 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
76 Cemal Süreya 186 46.0 45.1% Poet
77 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 178 35.4 11.5% Poet
78 Haji Bektash Veli 178 47.3 41.3% Poet
79 Muhammad Taqi Usmani 176 44.3 10.9% Poet
80 Ogyen Trinley Dorje 172 46.8 57.1% Poet
81 Can Yücel 159 44.3 58.8% Poet
82 Nizar Qabbani 158 35.9 57.2% Poet
83 José Martí 157 45.5 44.3% Poet
84 Shane Koyczan 150 42.6 82.5% Poet
85 Aziz Nesin 149 41.7 91.1% Poet
86 Ferdowsi 144 24.3 0.0% Poet
87 Giacomo Casanova 142 21.4 0.0% Poet
88 A. Samad Said 139 35.4 31.2% Poet
89 Ahmed Arif 132 Poet
90 Ahmet Haşim 132 Poet
91 Murathan Mungan 132 Poet
92 Yahya Kemal Beyatlı 132 Poet
93 Bedirhan Gökçe 126 40.3 48.2% Poet
94 Ikkyū 123 35.5 68.6% Poet
95 Ammar ibn Yasir 123 33.1 44.2% Poet
96 Saadi Shirazi 122 29.3 43.4% Poet
97 Satguru 119 36.0 30.5% Poet
98 Parveen Shakir 119 36.3 22.9% Poet
99 Nur Jahan 116 29.9 0.0% Poet
100 Faiz Ahmad Faiz 107 29.9 12.3% Poet

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

T. S. Eliot currently leads with an estimated audience of 12k people in South Korea.

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