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
76 Jules Verne 14k 43.2 100.0% Author
77 Sally Rooney 13k 42.6 61.7% Author
78 Deepak Chopra 13k 39.8 72.7% Author
79 Beatrix Potter 13k 46.0 100.0% Author
80 Ian McEwan 13k 50.3 79.2% Author
81 Alan Watts 13k 42.9 62.8% Author
82 Ian Fleming 13k 43.8 0.0% Author
83 Charles Bukowski 12k 44.0 60.6% Author
84 Charles Dickens 12k 36.6 49.8% Author
85 Kenneth Copeland 12k 35.1 72.9% Author
86 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 12k 47.0 80.9% Author
87 Confucius 12k 44.9 45.6% Author
88 Stefan Zweig 12k 44.4 94.3% Author
89 Albert Camus 12k 32.4 75.6% Author
90 Kazuo Ishiguro 11k 43.9 57.3% Author
91 Philip Roth 11k 46.4 54.0% Author
92 Joe Abercrombie 11k 49.8 0.0% Author
93 Marcel Proust 11k 47.1 65.1% Author
94 Victoria Hislop 11k 57.2 100.0% Author
95 Arundhati Roy 11k 36.9 23.9% Author
96 Lisbeth Salander 10k 41.3 55.5% Author
97 Jonathan Franzen 10k 44.9 66.0% Author
98 John Grisham 10k 45.7 68.4% Author
99 Agnieszka Maciąg 9.7k 42.9 97.4% Author
100 Elizabeth Gilbert 9.6k 42.7 65.5% 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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