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Rank
Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.
Audience size
Estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.
Country share
Share of the global audience that is active in United States. 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 United States, 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 United States. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GGordon Ramsay | 8.6M | 29.1% | 38.0 | 52.8% | Chef |
| 2 | GGordon Ramsey | 7.5M | 28.9% | 40.1 | 57.2% | Chef |
| 3 | AAnthony Bourdain | 6.4M | 37.9% | 34.6 | 61.4% | Chef |
| 4 | MMichael Caines | 4M | 79.6% | — | — | Chef |
| 5 | JJulia Child | 3.7M | 86.7% | 45.7 | 68.2% | Chef |
| 6 | BBobby Flay | 3.2M | 79.2% | 44.6 | 63.6% | Chef |
| 7 | GGiada De Laurentiis | 2.8M | 83.9% | 48.2 | 67.9% | Chef |
| 8 | PPaula Deen | 2.1M | 88.5% | 50.8 | 68.2% | Chef |
| 9 | AAnne Burrell | 1.9M | 73.7% | 49.7 | 65.8% | Chef |
| 10 | NNigella Lawson | 1.7M | 19.0% | 42.6 | 67.0% | Chef |
| 11 | EEmeril Lagasse | 1.6M | 89.5% | 48.0 | 61.6% | Chef |
| 12 | JJamie Oliver | 1.4M | 13.0% | 37.3 | 62.7% | Chef |
| 13 | AAlex Guarnaschelli | 1.2M | 89.2% | 48.7 | 72.1% | Chef |
| 14 | WWolfgang Puck | 1.1M | 68.8% | 45.7 | 59.0% | Chef |
| 15 | PPaul Hollywood | 1M | 36.3% | 39.2 | 67.8% | Chef |
| 16 | AAndrew Zimmern | 944k | 87.8% | 43.8 | 49.9% | Chef |
| 17 | NNusret Gökçe | 730k | 47.1% | 36.2 | 44.9% | Chef |
| 18 | SShane McMahon | 730k | 43.5% | 34.7 | 47.0% | Chef |
| 19 | MMarcus Samuelsson | 572k | 83.1% | 46.1 | 59.4% | Chef |
| 20 | TThomas Keller | 557k | 52.5% | 33.0 | 41.8% | Chef |
| 21 | GGeoffrey Zakarian | 534k | 92.5% | 47.6 | 60.8% | Chef |
| 22 | BBuddy Valastro | 488k | 24.1% | 40.0 | 80.5% | Chef |
| 23 | LLidia Bastianich | 451k | 64.5% | 52.4 | 81.2% | Chef |
| 24 | MMichael Symon | 435k | 88.9% | 45.7 | 69.5% | Chef |
| 25 | MMario Batali | 423k | 60.0% | 41.9 | 66.3% | Chef |
| 26 | RRick Bayless | 421k | 99.0% | 43.0 | 58.6% | Chef |
| 27 | MMarco Pierre White | 418k | 8.4% | 24.3 | 96.7% | Chef |
| 28 | CCarla Hall | 414k | 85.5% | 47.2 | 73.9% | Chef |
| 29 | CCurtis Stone | 406k | 43.5% | 47.0 | 56.0% | Chef |
| 30 | SStephanie Izard | 385k | 99.5% | 47.3 | 56.1% | Chef |
| 31 | CChef Robert Irvine | 379k | 73.6% | 35.0 | 57.8% | Chef |
| 32 | TTom Colicchio | 358k | 86.7% | 46.7 | 60.2% | Chef |
| 33 | SScott Conant | 350k | 98.6% | 46.4 | 66.5% | Chef |
| 34 | DDuff Goldman | 344k | 86.8% | 40.9 | 81.6% | Chef |
| 35 | BBryan Voltaggio | 333k | 99.5% | 50.7 | 100.0% | Chef |
| 36 | SSunny Anderson | 328k | 87.5% | 35.5 | 65.1% | Chef |
| 37 | JJoe Bastianich | 327k | 15.3% | 35.3 | 50.3% | Chef |
| 38 | SSandra Lee (chef) | 320k | 50.4% | 40.2 | 84.4% | Chef |
| 39 | RRichard Blais | 307k | 99.0% | 39.2 | 60.6% | Chef |
| 40 | GGraham Elliot | 285k | 87.7% | 39.8 | 60.2% | Chef |
| 41 | CCat Cora | 277k | 87.3% | 39.1 | 56.6% | Chef |
| 42 | VVikas Khanna | 252k | 17.8% | 36.5 | 53.7% | Chef |
| 43 | AAuguste Escoffier | 249k | 37.0% | 42.0 | 63.0% | Chef |
| 44 | AAlice Waters | 243k | 57.9% | 47.9 | 62.0% | Chef |
| 45 | GGary Danko | 237k | 99.6% | — | — | Chef |
| 46 | AAmanda Freitag | 226k | 99.1% | 46.8 | 64.8% | Chef |
| 47 | JJeff Mauro | 221k | 99.3% | 41.0 | 72.2% | Chef |
| 48 | MMasaharu Morimoto | 221k | 75.4% | 41.1 | 52.9% | Chef |
| 49 | GGrant Achatz | 218k | 63.3% | 40.2 | 44.8% | Chef |
| 50 | MMr. Food | 211k | 55.5% | 51.8 | 88.0% | Chef |
| 51 | RRoy Choi | 209k | 77.1% | 36.0 | 52.8% | Chef |
| 52 | DDaniel Boulud | 208k | 60.1% | 25.3 | 94.3% | Chef |
| 53 | LLorena Garcia | 194k | 46.3% | 43.4 | 88.0% | Chef |
| 54 | OOttolenghi | 182k | 5.1% | 34.9 | 56.4% | Chef |
| 55 | AAlain Ducasse | 178k | 7.5% | 43.7 | 51.5% | Chef |
| 56 | NNobu Matsuhisa | 177k | 44.9% | 43.6 | 53.8% | Chef |
| 57 | MMichael Smith (chef) | 175k | 23.0% | 48.0 | 75.7% | Chef |
| 58 | MMassimo Bottura | 172k | 13.1% | 41.0 | 56.2% | Chef |
| 59 | RRocco DiSpirito | 172k | 86.3% | 39.4 | 65.7% | Chef |
| 60 | GGino D'Acampo | 155k | 6.2% | 32.4 | 54.3% | Chef |
| 61 | MMyron Mixon | 155k | 98.6% | 45.3 | 16.5% | Chef |
| 62 | MMichael Mina | 145k | 99.1% | 38.6 | 49.5% | Chef |
| 63 | LLaura Vitale | 143k | 68.1% | 42.6 | 87.3% | Chef |
| 64 | JJacques Pépin | 129k | 90.3% | 47.2 | 64.7% | Chef |
| 65 | JJoël Robuchon | 128k | 25.7% | 43.8 | 52.6% | Chef |
| 66 | JJosé Andrés | 126k | 14.3% | 46.7 | 57.3% | Chef |
| 67 | DDaniel Humm | 110k | 52.3% | 31.4 | 47.0% | Chef |
| 68 | MMarion Grasby | 105k | 24.1% | 40.9 | 75.7% | Chef |
| 69 | PPaul Prudhomme | 104k | 99.0% | 31.4 | 89.4% | Chef |
| 70 | SSanjeev Kapoor | 94k | 7.2% | 40.1 | 64.1% | Chef |
| 71 | HHeston Blumenthal | 93k | 5.2% | 37.9 | 58.5% | Chef |
| 72 | MMarcela Valladolid | 91k | 98.9% | 31.9 | 85.1% | Chef |
| 73 | JJose Garces | 91k | 97.6% | — | — | Chef |
| 74 | RRené Redzepi | 89k | 17.5% | 36.4 | 46.4% | Chef |
| 75 | MMartin Yan | 88k | 98.1% | — | — | Chef |
| 76 | CChristine Ha | 88k | 53.9% | 37.9 | 54.9% | Chef |
| 77 | RRuth Reichl | 87k | 66.3% | 43.3 | 77.5% | Chef |
| 78 | PPaul Bocuse | 83k | 7.0% | 34.8 | 52.2% | Chef |
| 79 | FFabio Viviani (chef) | 82k | 87.2% | 43.5 | 74.0% | Chef |
| 80 | RRanveer Brar | 80k | 8.0% | 41.2 | 94.8% | Chef |
| 81 | CChuck Hughes (chef) | 77k | 56.2% | 40.9 | 84.5% | Chef |
| 82 | SSara Moulton | 75k | 97.5% | 47.8 | 42.1% | Chef |
| 83 | SSusan Feniger | 75k | 97.0% | 50.8 | 100.0% | Chef |
| 84 | YYotam Ottolenghi | 74k | 12.6% | 41.4 | 69.7% | Chef |
| 85 | NNadia Hussain | 74k | 10.8% | 37.9 | 66.5% | Chef |
| 86 | LLorraine Pascale | 72k | 20.9% | 30.3 | 56.5% | Chef |
| 87 | JJean-Georges Vongerichten | 66k | 88.9% | 47.0 | 67.5% | Chef |
| 88 | FFrancis Mallmann | 65k | 36.4% | 26.2 | 39.1% | Chef |
| 89 | GGuy Savoy | 65k | 4.5% | 29.6 | 59.0% | Chef |
| 90 | DDan Barber | 61k | 94.0% | — | — | Chef |
| 91 | PPierre Hermé | 55k | 1.5% | 37.9 | 74.2% | Chef |
| 92 | MMichael Chiarello | 55k | 87.4% | 43.4 | 44.8% | Chef |
| 93 | TTodd English | 53k | 96.2% | 43.3 | 56.5% | Chef |
| 94 | CCharles Phoenix | 50k | 96.6% | 51.9 | 30.7% | Chef |
| 95 | AAinsley Harriott | 49k | 12.4% | 31.1 | 32.0% | Chef |
| 96 | DDelia Smith | 47k | 6.4% | 42.8 | 58.1% | Chef |
| 97 | NNigel Slater | 47k | 7.5% | 26.7 | 92.9% | Chef |
| 98 | RRick Stein | 46k | 1.6% | 38.2 | 47.3% | Chef |
| 99 | WWhitney Miller | 45k | 91.7% | 39.3 | 68.0% | Chef |
| 100 | PPete Evans | 45k | 11.6% | 46.9 | 43.8% | Chef |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular chefs compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each chef by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.
How often is the list updated?
The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.
What is the largest chef in United States?
Gordon Ramsay currently leads with an estimated audience of 8.6M people in United States.