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Top 100 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 373 journalists tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Megyn Kelly, Mark Twain and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 398k, and the largest, Megyn Kelly, reaches around 4.7M 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 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 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 Megyn Kelly 4.7M 46.7 51.7% Journalist
2 Mark Twain 2M 43.6 54.3% Journalist
3 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 2M 46.5 75.5% Journalist
4 Anna Wintour 1.9M 34.4 72.8% Journalist
5 Hunter S. Thompson 1.5M 39.6 41.7% Journalist
6 Steven Crowder 1.4M 47.2 30.3% Journalist
7 Benito Mussolini 1.1M 36.1 20.7% Journalist
8 Ronan Farrow 1.1M 50.7 76.4% Journalist
9 Paul Finebaum 1.1M 44.3 21.2% Journalist
10 Ayn Rand 943k 44.9 46.6% Journalist
11 Stuart Scott 905k 26.7 23.5% Journalist
12 Mehdi Hasan 807k 37.8 38.3% Journalist
13 Carol Vorderman 775k 47.4 6.2% Journalist
14 James O'Keefe 727k 46.6 33.3% Journalist
15 Gloria Steinem 684k 37.1 77.9% Journalist
16 Joan Didion 665k 43.2 71.8% Journalist
17 Glenn Greenwald 627k 34.7 45.4% Journalist
18 Kara Swisher 541k 36.8 52.4% Journalist
19 Rich Eisen 525k 49.1 32.1% Journalist
20 Edward R. Murrow 523k Journalist
21 Gretchen Carlson 517k 49.8 43.3% Journalist
22 Philip Yancey 450k 46.8 63.1% Journalist
23 Chris Hayes (journalist) 424k 45.0 53.4% Journalist
24 Andrew Ross Sorkin 422k 34.6 57.6% Journalist
25 Jim Cornette 422k 44.4 0.0% Journalist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list 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 refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest journalist in United States?

Megyn Kelly currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.7M people in United States.

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