Popularity ranking · Portugal

The 13 most popular Popes in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 13 largest popes in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 160k people. Across all 13 entries the average audience size is 15k, and the largest, Pope Francis, reaches around 125k people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each pope, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Portugal and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 13, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Pope Francis 125k 48.7 71.9% Pope
2 Pope John Paul II 23k 50.2 70.3% Pope
3 Pope Benedict XVI 13k 53.0 73.0% Pope
4 Pope Leo XIII 12k 48.5 80.2% Pope
5 Pope John Paul I 11k 54.1 67.0% Pope
6 Pope Paul VI 5.7k 52.5 63.6% Pope
7 Pope John XXIII 4.6k 57.6 76.4% Pope
8 Pope Pius XII 3.6k 52.5 22.5% Pope
9 Pope Pius IX 1k 54.3 80.8% Pope
10 Pope Pius X 823 48.9 68.4% Pope
11 Pope Pius XI 467 45.0 69.8% Pope
12 Pope Pius V 173 41.5 45.1% Pope
13 Pope Silverius 148 43.1 32.1% Pope

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular popes compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Portugal and ranks each pope 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 pope in Portugal?

Pope Francis currently leads with an estimated audience of 125k people in Portugal.

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