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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 375 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 396k, 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
76 Jomo Kenyatta 87k Journalist
77 Annie Proulx 85k Journalist
78 Guy de Maupassant 79k 40.7 48.1% Journalist
79 Daniel Defoe 77k Journalist
80 Satcha Pretto 76k 40.1 69.9% Journalist
81 James Thurber 74k 45.1 0.0% Journalist
82 Pearl S. Buck 70k 42.5 82.1% Journalist
83 Anita Sarkeesian 70k 35.8 83.7% Journalist
84 Anna Quindlen 69k 49.4 100.0% Journalist
85 Charles Duhigg 67k 44.4 54.7% Journalist
86 Jilly Cooper 66k 39.5 65.3% Journalist
87 Kate Atkinson 64k 46.4 68.4% Journalist
88 Douglas Preston 64k 49.2 57.1% Journalist
89 Lisa Bloom 61k 47.6 100.0% Journalist
90 Ismael Cala 61k 40.5 63.4% Journalist
91 Lynsey Addario 59k Journalist
92 Jessica Cediel 59k 36.7 28.0% Journalist
93 Marcelo Rubens Paiva 57k 41.4 55.9% Journalist
94 Dan Cook 57k Journalist
95 Carmen Dominicci 56k 40.6 60.9% Journalist
96 Paola Rojas 54k 41.7 27.4% Journalist
97 Max Hastings 51k 51.7 0.0% Journalist
98 Michael Parkinson 51k 53.8 40.2% Journalist
99 Bryanboy 51k 34.7 37.6% Journalist
100 Leonard Maltin 50k 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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