Popularity ranking · United States

The 74 most popular Novelists in United States

This curated ranking covers the 74 largest novelists in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Barbara Kingsolver and Louis L'Amour lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 989k people. Across all 74 entries the average audience size is 56k, and the largest, Nathaniel Hawthorne, reaches around 362k people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each novelist, 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 74, 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 J. G. Ballard 37k 30.8 34.4% Novelist
27 Terri Blackstock 37k 51.2 86.2% Novelist
28 Mike Peterson 35k 43.2 30.6% Novelist
29 Dorothea Benton Frank 33k 51.8 100.0% Novelist
30 Molly Harper 31k 44.8 82.5% Novelist
31 Jasper Fforde 31k 49.5 52.9% Novelist
32 Luanne Rice 30k 39.0 72.1% Novelist
33 Beverly Lewis 29k 51.4 93.1% Novelist
34 Helen Fielding 26k 40.7 75.9% Novelist
35 Jacqueline Carey 23k 38.2 66.3% Novelist
36 J. A. Jance 23k 57.0 100.0% Novelist
37 Seth Grahame-Smith 23k Novelist
38 Robert T. Bakker 17k 47.9 79.6% Novelist
39 Megan Hart 17k 41.2 58.8% Novelist
40 Tracie Peterson 17k 38.9 66.2% Novelist
41 Roddy Doyle 17k 49.5 58.2% Novelist
42 Siri Hustvedt 17k 54.7 79.7% Novelist
43 Priya Sharma 16k 47.5 10.0% Novelist
44 Marguerite Yourcenar 13k 40.3 100.0% Novelist
45 Kimberla Lawson Roby 12k 43.0 100.0% Novelist
46 Christine Dwyer 11k 36.4 96.6% Novelist
47 Steve Alten 9.5k Novelist
48 Melissa Schroeder 9.1k 46.3 81.0% Novelist
49 Gilbert Morris 7.6k Novelist
50 Jay Baer 7.4k Novelist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular novelists compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each novelist 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 novelist in United States?

Nathaniel Hawthorne currently leads with an estimated audience of 362k people in United States.

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