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 375 journalists tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Megyn Kelly, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Anna Wintour lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 414k, and the largest, Megyn Kelly, reaches around 4.8M 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
26 Jim Cornette 405k 44.4 0.0% Journalist
27 Christopher Hitchens 391k 32.1 64.9% Journalist
28 Boris Johnson 385k 40.7 57.7% Journalist
29 Mary McLeod Bethune 384k 47.6 100.0% Journalist
30 Graham Hancock 382k 42.6 41.4% Journalist
31 Joan Lunden 379k 54.4 92.2% Journalist
32 George Will 372k Journalist
33 Chris Hayes (journalist) 372k 45.0 53.4% Journalist
34 Bill Hemmer 349k 52.1 52.7% Journalist
35 Dave Meltzer 349k 34.4 34.2% Journalist
36 Glenn Greenwald 326k 34.7 45.4% Journalist
37 L. Frank Baum 316k 36.8 81.1% Journalist
38 Mike Wallace 316k 53.4 32.6% Journalist
39 Andrew Breitbart 291k 48.9 41.3% Journalist
40 Soledad O'Brien 280k 45.5 52.2% Journalist
41 Charles Payne (journalist) 250k 52.0 39.8% Journalist
42 Karl Rove 244k 49.6 48.5% Journalist
43 Walter Isaacson 244k 59.0 35.0% Journalist
44 Ann Curry 239k 50.4 83.4% Journalist
45 Star Jones 227k 36.4 54.3% Journalist
46 Glennon Doyle Melton 224k 25.8 74.9% Journalist
47 G. K. Chesterton 214k 45.0 44.6% Journalist
48 Emma Goldman 213k 43.1 53.3% Journalist
49 Theodor Herzl 210k 41.5 52.3% Journalist
50 Cari Champion 201k 28.3 14.0% 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 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 4.8M people in United States.

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