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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
51 Shepard Smith 198k 48.2 47.3% Journalist
52 Rebecca Jarvis 187k 49.1 29.4% Journalist
53 Cari Champion 178k 28.3 14.0% Journalist
54 Rose Wilder Lane 176k 44.0 0.0% Journalist
55 Chris Mortensen 173k Journalist
56 Diana Nyad 164k 50.4 83.4% Journalist
57 Tim Russert 163k Journalist
58 Émile Zola 160k 32.5 91.7% Journalist
59 Michael Wilbon 160k 41.3 0.0% Journalist
60 Peter Beinart 159k Journalist
61 Andrea Tantaros 141k 50.2 24.6% Journalist
62 Charlotte Casiraghi 140k 32.3 69.4% Journalist
63 Raymond Arroyo 140k 49.1 62.5% Journalist
64 Isabel Wilkerson 131k 45.6 74.3% Journalist
65 Jose Antonio Vargas 131k 35.3 59.9% Journalist
66 Don DeLillo 125k Journalist
67 Jo Nesbø 123k 47.9 66.1% Journalist
68 Masih Alinejad 120k 45.5 53.3% Journalist
69 Mo Rocca 118k 45.3 37.2% Journalist
70 Jaime Bayly 116k 47.6 35.1% Journalist
71 Nina García 114k 37.8 79.4% Journalist
72 Adela Micha 106k 41.2 47.8% Journalist
73 Victoria Coren Mitchell 102k 23.5 10.1% Journalist
74 Maria Elena Salinas 100k 39.7 65.5% Journalist
75 Frank Bruni 91k 53.9 52.5% 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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