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
76 Frank Bruni 97k 53.9 52.5% Journalist
77 Patricia McConnell 93k 37.6 62.2% Journalist
78 Daniel H. Pink 91k 43.8 55.0% Journalist
79 Jomo Kenyatta 91k Journalist
80 Ashley Parker 91k 42.0 13.7% Journalist
81 Jay Fonseca 88k 35.3 53.1% Journalist
82 Annie Proulx 87k Journalist
83 Guy de Maupassant 81k 40.7 48.1% Journalist
84 Jilly Cooper 81k 39.5 65.3% Journalist
85 Anna Quindlen 80k 49.4 100.0% Journalist
86 Daniel Defoe 79k Journalist
87 Satcha Pretto 76k 40.1 69.9% Journalist
88 James Thurber 76k 45.1 0.0% Journalist
89 Lisa Bloom 75k 47.6 100.0% Journalist
90 Jo Nesbø 73k 47.9 66.1% Journalist
91 Pearl S. Buck 73k 42.5 82.1% Journalist
92 Douglas Preston 66k 49.2 57.1% Journalist
93 Charles Duhigg 65k 44.4 54.7% Journalist
94 Kate Atkinson 63k 46.4 68.4% Journalist
95 Ismael Cala 61k 40.5 63.4% Journalist
96 Lynsey Addario 60k Journalist
97 Carmen Dominicci 60k 40.6 60.9% Journalist
98 Marcelo Rubens Paiva 59k 41.4 55.9% Journalist
99 Dan Cook 58k Journalist
100 Max Hastings 53k 51.7 0.0% 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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