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
51 Shepard Smith 197k 48.2 47.3% Journalist
52 Claude Vorilhon 194k 25.4 58.2% Journalist
53 Anita Sarkeesian 192k 35.8 83.7% Journalist
54 Chris Mortensen 174k Journalist
55 Bill Moyers 172k 50.1 55.1% Journalist
56 Michael Wilbon 172k 41.3 0.0% Journalist
57 Rose Wilder Lane 171k 44.0 0.0% Journalist
58 Tim Russert 168k Journalist
59 Rebecca Jarvis 167k 49.1 29.4% Journalist
60 Mo Rocca 167k 45.3 37.2% Journalist
61 Maria Elena Salinas 163k 39.7 65.5% Journalist
62 Atul Gawande 163k 45.5 63.0% Journalist
63 Peter Beinart 161k Journalist
64 Diana Nyad 157k 50.4 83.4% Journalist
65 Isabel Wilkerson 131k 45.6 74.3% Journalist
66 Jose Antonio Vargas 129k 35.3 59.9% Journalist
67 Don DeLillo 128k Journalist
68 Masih Alinejad 125k 45.5 53.3% Journalist
69 Andrea Tantaros 118k 50.2 24.6% Journalist
70 Jaime Bayly 110k 47.6 35.1% Journalist
71 Victoria Coren Mitchell 105k 23.5 10.1% Journalist
72 Jessica Cediel 103k 36.7 28.0% Journalist
73 Queen Letizia of Spain 102k 39.0 83.9% Journalist
74 Adela Micha 99k 41.2 47.8% Journalist
75 Raymond Arroyo 97k 49.1 62.5% 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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