Popularity ranking · Norway

The 100 most popular Authors in Norway

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest authors in Norway, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 840 authors tracked in Norway, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Harry Hole, Jean Paul and Anne Frank lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 594k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 33k, and the largest, Harry Hole, reaches around 222k people in Norway. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Norway who actively engage with each author, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Norway 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 Norway who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Karen Blixen 36k 56.6 76.2% Author
27 Oscar Wilde 36k 44.0 69.6% Author
28 Harriet Tubman 33k 46.6 67.7% Author
29 Jojo Moyes 31k 48.9 83.5% Author
30 Florence Nightingale 31k 47.9 61.2% Author
31 Nostradamus 31k 49.8 60.1% Author
32 Franz Kafka 27k 42.2 66.2% Author
33 Ernest Hemingway 27k 43.8 42.5% Author
34 Camilla Läckberg 27k 39.0 60.0% Author
35 Heather Graham 26k 49.1 79.9% Author
36 J. R. R. Tolkien 25k 37.9 50.1% Author
37 George R. R. Martin 24k 34.7 53.0% Author
38 George Orwell 23k 34.9 68.9% Author
39 Paulo Coelho 23k 48.8 87.9% Author
40 Noam Chomsky 22k 0.0 0.0% Author
41 Dan Brown 22k 36.4 48.4% Author
42 Ken Follett 22k 42.8 68.6% Author
43 Salman Rushdie 21k 50.6 74.0% Author
44 Simone de Beauvoir 21k 38.3 72.2% Author
45 Lars Kepler 21k 50.8 69.8% Author
46 Neil Gaiman 20k 39.3 70.0% Author
47 Linus Torvalds 20k 39.8 14.5% Author
48 Jimmie Åkesson 20k 59.0 0.0% Author
49 Edgar Allan Poe 20k 37.5 55.5% Author
50 Stieg Larsson 19k 48.3 62.6% Author

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular authors compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Norway and ranks each author 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 author in Norway?

Harry Hole currently leads with an estimated audience of 222k people in Norway.

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