Popularity ranking · Sweden

The 100 most popular Authors in Sweden

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest authors in Sweden, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 840 authors tracked in Sweden, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Jimmie Åkesson, Leif GW Persson and Jan Guillou lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 73k, and the largest, Jimmie Åkesson, reaches around 579k people in Sweden. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Sweden who actively engage with each author, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Sweden 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 Sweden who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Salman Rushdie 49k 50.5 74.9% Author
52 Margaret Atwood 47k 42.9 71.5% Author
53 Jussi Adler-Olsen 47k 48.4 100.0% Author
54 John Steinbeck 46k 51.0 70.5% Author
55 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 46k 39.7 100.0% Author
56 Beatrix Potter 46k 50.3 55.4% Author
57 Dante Alighieri 46k 51.0 48.8% Author
58 Hannah Arendt 44k 59.0 100.0% Author
59 Brandon Sanderson 44k 42.5 62.2% Author
60 Joe Hill (writer) 43k 46.3 61.0% Author
61 Sally Rooney 41k 42.9 65.3% Author
62 Jules Verne 40k 42.3 85.2% Author
63 Sarah J. Maas 40k 38.4 65.8% Author
64 Elizabeth Gilbert 37k 43.0 70.2% Author
65 Charles Dickens 37k 35.7 55.0% Author
66 Neil Gaiman 36k 39.6 57.1% Author
67 Arthur Conan Doyle 34k 51.3 100.0% Author
68 Charles Bukowski 34k 51.6 63.6% Author
69 Bret Easton Ellis 34k 36.4 27.6% Author
70 Ian Fleming 33k 46.3 34.6% Author
71 Dr. Seuss 32k 33.0 79.1% Author
72 Albert Camus 31k 38.1 62.7% Author
73 Jojo Moyes 31k 43.8 69.1% Author
74 Sun Tzu 31k 46.7 11.7% Author
75 Lisbeth Salander 31k 41.1 55.9% 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 Sweden 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 Sweden?

Jimmie Åkesson currently leads with an estimated audience of 579k people in Sweden.

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