Top 50 Authors in United States

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest authors in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1,614 authors tracked in United States, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Candace Owens, Jane Goodall and Stephen King lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 27,674,483 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 2,636,129, and the largest, Candace Owens, reaches around 14,778,067 people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each author, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Candace Owens	14,778,067	66.0%	Author	Literature
2	Jane Goodall	7,115,576	41.7%	Author	Pets & Animals
3	Stephen King	5,780,840	31.6%	Author	Literature
4	Amanda Knox	5,762,350	85.7%	Author	Politics & Society
5	Ann Taylor	5,285,740	94.8%	Author	Fashion & Accessoires
6	Chris Kyle	4,667,308	65.8%	Author	Literature
7	Helen Keller	4,316,778	41.8%	Author	Literature
8	Caroline Kennedy	4,200,543	55.4%	Author	Politics & Society
9	Harriet Tubman	3,851,346	62.7%	Author	Politics & Society
10	Neil Gaiman	3,653,832	36.0%	Author	Literature
11	Edgar Allan Poe	3,557,487	39.6%	Author	Literature
12	Dr. Seuss	3,300,489	54.3%	Author	Literature
13	Anne Frank	3,190,038	19.9%	Author	Politics & Society
14	Jane Austen	2,936,200	25.2%	Author	Literature
15	Paul the Apostle	2,529,338	24.7%	Author	Politics & Society
16	Maya Angelou	2,375,092	51.5%	Author	Literature
17	Jordan Belfort	2,283,255	38.0%	Author	Business & Career
18	Oscar Wilde	2,278,447	27.8%	Author	Literature
19	Charles Darwin	2,243,415	20.4%	Author	Business & Career
20	William Shakespeare	2,095,426	20.4%	Author	Literature
21	Heather Graham	2,083,710	37.3%	Author	Literature
22	colleen hoover	2,054,294	31.2%	Author	Literature
23	Florence Nightingale	1,998,569	22.0%	Author	Politics & Society
24	Kenneth Copeland	1,975,092	68.5%	Author	Politics & Society
25	Ulysses S. Grant	1,967,692	84.8%	Author	Politics & Society
26	Amal Clooney	1,951,561	24.0%	Author	Politics & Society
27	Ernest Hemingway	1,758,426	36.6%	Author	Literature
28	Jenna Bush Hager	1,723,455	87.3%	Author	Politics & Society
29	Sarah J. Maas	1,685,363	40.9%	Author	Literature
30	Roald Dahl	1,650,676	26.5%	Author	Literature
31	Temple Grandin	1,538,789	55.5%	Author	Literature
32	Agatha Christie	1,527,924	16.8%	Author	Literature
33	Buzz Aldrin	1,526,142	45.2%	Author	Literature
34	Brandon Sanderson	1,523,803	36.6%	Author	Literature
35	Susan B. Anthony	1,491,111	97.5%	Author	Politics & Society
36	Noam Chomsky	1,438,722	32.0%	Author	Literature
37	George Orwell	1,370,025	19.9%	Author	Literature
38	Eleanor Roosevelt	1,363,644	85.2%	Author	Politics & Society
39	George R. R. Martin	1,335,079	34.2%	Author	Literature
40	James Patterson	1,325,218	56.0%	Author	Literature
41	Thomas Aquinas	1,308,383	39.3%	Author	Literature
42	J. R. R. Tolkien	1,302,011	33.0%	Author	Literature
43	Charles Dickens	1,298,623	25.9%	Author	Literature
44	Harlan Coben	1,295,168	18.1%	Author	Literature
45	Jenna Coleman	1,224,983	33.6%	Author	Literature
46	C. S. Lewis	1,224,251	52.9%	Author	Literature
47	Elizabeth Gilbert	1,186,768	51.8%	Author	Literature
48	Malala Yousafzai	1,178,460	26.7%	Author	Politics & Society
49	Nostradamus	1,149,446	21.4%	Author	Politics & Society
50	Booker T. Washington	1,147,511	98.4%	Author	Business & Career