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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
26 Pat Buchanan 414k Journalist
27 Tom Brokaw 404k 45.5 68.5% Journalist
28 Bill Moyers 402k 50.1 55.1% Journalist
29 Christopher Hitchens 384k 32.1 64.9% Journalist
30 Mary McLeod Bethune 382k 47.6 100.0% Journalist
31 Boris Johnson 375k 40.7 57.7% Journalist
32 Graham Hancock 370k 42.6 41.4% Journalist
33 George Will 367k Journalist
34 Joan Lunden 364k 54.4 92.2% Journalist
35 Bill Hemmer 355k 52.1 52.7% Journalist
36 Dave Meltzer 341k 34.4 34.2% Journalist
37 Glennon Doyle Melton 335k 25.8 74.9% Journalist
38 Mike Wallace 324k 53.4 32.6% Journalist
39 L. Frank Baum 319k 36.8 81.1% Journalist
40 Soledad O'Brien 294k 45.5 52.2% Journalist
41 Andrew Breitbart 288k 48.9 41.3% Journalist
42 Charles Payne (journalist) 282k 52.0 39.8% Journalist
43 Karl Rove 265k 49.6 48.5% Journalist
44 Walter Isaacson 242k 59.0 35.0% Journalist
45 Star Jones 236k 36.4 54.3% Journalist
46 Ann Curry 235k 50.4 83.4% Journalist
47 Atul Gawande 230k 45.5 63.0% Journalist
48 Theodor Herzl 218k 41.5 52.3% Journalist
49 Emma Goldman 209k 43.1 53.3% Journalist
50 G. K. Chesterton 207k 45.0 44.6% 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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