Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Journalists in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest journalists in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 441 journalists tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Mo Rocca, Megyn Kelly and Gloria Steinem lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 19M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 545k, and the largest, Mo Rocca, reaches around 10M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each journalist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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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 Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Mo Rocca 10M 46.0 37.2% Journalist
2 Megyn Kelly 4.9M 47.5 51.7% Journalist
3 Gloria Steinem 3.7M 37.9 77.9% Journalist
4 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 2.3M 47.3 75.5% Journalist
5 Anna Wintour 2.2M 35.1 72.8% Journalist
6 Mark Twain 1.9M 44.4 54.3% Journalist
7 Hunter S. Thompson 1.5M 40.3 41.7% Journalist
8 Ronan Farrow 1.4M 51.5 76.4% Journalist
9 Steven Crowder 1.1M 47.9 30.3% Journalist
10 Benito Mussolini 1.1M 36.8 20.7% Journalist
11 Ayn Rand 1M 45.7 46.6% Journalist
12 Charlotte Casiraghi 960k 41.5 51.6% Journalist
13 Stuart Scott 912k 27.5 23.5% Journalist
14 Kara Swisher 757k 37.5 52.4% Journalist
15 James O'Keefe 727k 47.3 33.3% Journalist
16 Paul Finebaum 714k 45.0 21.2% Journalist
17 Carol Vorderman 683k 48.0 6.2% Journalist
18 Mehdi Hasan 664k 38.5 38.3% Journalist
19 Rich Eisen 621k 49.9 32.1% Journalist
20 Edward R. Murrow 538k — — Journalist
21 Joan Didion 504k 44.0 71.8% Journalist
22 Philip Yancey 481k 47.6 63.1% Journalist
23 Andrew Ross Sorkin 468k 35.4 57.6% Journalist
24 Boris Johnson 465k 41.5 57.7% Journalist
25 Tom Brokaw 447k 46.3 68.5% Journalist
26 Glennon Doyle Melton 430k 26.6 74.9% Journalist
27 Pat Buchanan 419k — — Journalist
28 Joan Lunden 416k 55.2 92.2% Journalist
29 Graham Hancock 406k 43.3 41.4% Journalist
30 Christopher Hitchens 399k 32.8 64.9% Journalist
31 Mary McLeod Bethune 395k 48.3 100.0% Journalist
32 Jim Cornette 390k 44.9 0.0% Journalist
33 Diana Nyad 383k 51.1 83.4% Journalist
34 George Will 372k — — Journalist
35 Gretchen Carlson 361k 50.6 43.3% Journalist
36 Dave Meltzer 360k 35.1 34.2% Journalist
37 Glenn Greenwald 346k 35.5 45.4% Journalist
38 Chris Hayes (journalist) 334k 45.8 53.4% Journalist
39 L. Frank Baum 316k 37.5 81.1% Journalist
40 Bill Hemmer 316k 52.9 52.7% Journalist
41 Ann Curry 303k 51.1 83.4% Journalist
42 Soledad O'Brien 290k 46.2 52.2% Journalist
43 Andrew Breitbart 290k 49.6 41.3% Journalist
44 Charles Payne (journalist) 271k 52.8 39.8% Journalist
45 Mike Wallace 271k 54.3 32.6% Journalist
46 Karl Rove 261k 50.4 48.5% Journalist
47 Star Jones 258k 37.1 54.3% Journalist
48 Walter Isaacson 244k 60.0 35.0% Journalist
49 Rose Wilder Lane 236k 44.7 0.0% Journalist
50 Emma Goldman 223k 43.7 53.3% Journalist
51 Cari Champion 223k 29.1 14.0% Journalist
52 G. K. Chesterton 221k 45.8 44.6% Journalist
53 Theodor Herzl 204k 42.2 52.3% Journalist
54 Masih Alinejad 200k 46.1 53.3% Journalist
55 Atul Gawande 195k 46.2 63.0% Journalist
56 Michael Wilbon 187k 41.9 0.0% Journalist
57 Peter Beinart 183k — — Journalist
58 Rebecca Jarvis 180k 49.8 29.4% Journalist
59 Chris Mortensen 175k — — Journalist
60 Queen Letizia of Spain 173k 39.8 83.9% Journalist
61 Jaime Bayly 167k 48.3 35.1% Journalist
62 Tim Russert 166k — — Journalist
63 Isabel Wilkerson 156k 46.3 74.3% Journalist
64 Anita Sarkeesian 154k 36.4 83.7% Journalist
65 Ashley Parker 143k 42.6 13.7% Journalist
66 Shepard Smith 134k 48.9 47.3% Journalist
67 Jay Fonseca 130k 36.0 53.1% Journalist
68 Don DeLillo 127k — — Journalist
69 Jose Antonio Vargas 125k 35.9 59.9% Journalist
70 Claude Vorilhon 113k 26.1 58.2% Journalist
71 Bill Moyers 110k 50.9 55.1% Journalist
72 Andrea Tantaros 107k 50.9 24.6% Journalist
73 Adela Micha 106k 41.8 47.8% Journalist
74 Victoria Coren Mitchell 104k 24.3 10.1% Journalist
75 Michael Barbaro 101k 42.2 51.9% Journalist
76 Patricia McConnell 96k 38.3 62.2% Journalist
77 Paola Rojas 96k 42.3 27.4% Journalist
78 Lynsey Addario 96k — — Journalist
79 Raymond Arroyo 90k 49.8 62.5% Journalist
80 Daniel H. Pink 89k 44.5 55.0% Journalist
81 Steve Inskeep 88k 43.4 50.6% Journalist
82 Jomo Kenyatta 88k — — Journalist
83 Carmen Dominicci 88k 41.3 60.9% Journalist
84 Dan Cook 87k — — Journalist
85 Anna Quindlen 87k 50.1 100.0% Journalist
86 Annie Proulx 86k — — Journalist
87 Jessica Cediel 86k 37.3 28.0% Journalist
88 Jilly Cooper 85k 40.2 65.3% Journalist
89 Guy de Maupassant 80k 41.4 48.1% Journalist
90 Lisa Bloom 79k 48.3 100.0% Journalist
91 Daniel Defoe 78k — — Journalist
92 Molly Ivins 78k 53.6 52.9% Journalist
93 Pearl S. Buck 78k 43.2 82.1% Journalist
94 Satcha Pretto 77k 40.7 69.9% Journalist
95 James Thurber 75k 45.7 0.0% Journalist
96 Maria Elena Salinas 72k 40.4 65.5% Journalist
97 Kate Atkinson 70k 47.2 68.4% Journalist
98 Ismael Cala 67k 41.2 63.4% Journalist
99 Frank Bruni 67k 54.7 52.5% Journalist
100 Douglas Preston 67k 50.0 57.1% Journalist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular journalists compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each journalist 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 journalist in United States?

Mo Rocca currently leads with an estimated audience of 10M people in United States.

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