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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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | EEnder's Game | 15k | 0.7% | 47.3 | 36.8% | Novel |
| 27 | PPrime time | 15k | 0.1% | 40.4 | 52.0% | Novel |
| 28 | ''Salem's Lot | 14k | 0.6% | 42.8 | 63.3% | Novel |
| 29 | TThe Old Man and the Sea | 13k | 1.1% | 51.8 | 66.2% | Novel |
| 30 | TThe Fellowship of the Ring | 12k | 0.5% | 32.7 | 32.3% | Novel |
| 31 | OOld Testament | 11k | 0.1% | 43.9 | 51.4% | Novel |
| 32 | TTorah | 11k | 0.4% | 48.5 | 38.7% | Novel |
| 33 | LLooking for Alaska | 10k | 0.9% | 35.7 | 57.0% | Novel |
| 34 | TTao Te Ching | 10k | 1.4% | 46.9 | 59.0% | Novel |
| 35 | FFor Whom the Bell Tolls | 9.8k | 1.1% | 45.8 | 0.0% | Novel |
| 36 | HHansel and Gretel | 9.5k | 0.6% | 44.1 | 82.3% | Novel |
| 37 | TThe Call of the Wild | 8.9k | 0.6% | 41.3 | 43.1% | Novel |
| 38 | SSalome (opera) | 8.9k | 0.6% | — | — | Novel |
| 39 | TThe Metamorphosis | 8.1k | 0.7% | 45.5 | 56.7% | Novel |
| 40 | TThe Prince | 8k | 0.2% | 36.3 | 77.0% | Novel |
| 41 | BBhagavad Gita | 7.5k | 0.2% | 33.9 | 21.7% | Novel |
| 42 | OOne Hundred Years of Solitude | 6.7k | 0.6% | 34.5 | 43.5% | Novel |
| 43 | AA Streetcar Named Desire (play) | 6.6k | 0.4% | — | — | Novel |
| 44 | TThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | 6.3k | 0.6% | 54.0 | 100.0% | Novel |
| 45 | TThe Book of Five Rings | 6.2k | 1.4% | 45.3 | 0.0% | Novel |
| 46 | TThe Picture of Dorian Gray | 6k | 0.5% | 28.8 | 81.2% | Novel |
| 47 | TThe Pillars of the Earth | 5.8k | 0.7% | 56.0 | 100.0% | Novel |
| 48 | BBook Lovers | 5.7k | 0.5% | 41.4 | 100.0% | Novel |
| 49 | IImperialism | 5.5k | 0.6% | 38.9 | 30.3% | Novel |
| 50 | PPrince Caspian | 5.2k | 0.6% | 40.4 | 69.3% | Novel |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular novels compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Norway and ranks each novel 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 novel in Norway?
Madea's Class Reunion currently leads with an estimated audience of 657k people in Norway.