Top 50 Painters in United States

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest painters in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 260 painters tracked in United States, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. John Wayne Gacy, Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 14,700,243 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 1,065,566, and the largest, John Wayne Gacy, reaches around 5,602,300 people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each painter, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank Name Audience size Country share Subtype Category
1 John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy 5,602,300 90.8% Painter Politics & Society
2 Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci 4,597,644 18.6% Painter Arts & Culture
3 Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh 4,500,299 23.2% Painter Arts & Culture
4 Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo 4,413,511 15.9% Painter Arts & Culture
5 Michelangelo Michelangelo 3,162,260 21.8% Painter Arts & Culture
6 Andy Warhol Andy Warhol 2,558,098 21.5% Painter Arts & Culture
7 Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso 2,041,106 20.4% Painter Arts & Culture
8 Keith Haring Keith Haring 1,938,113 26.0% Painter Arts & Culture
9 Evel Knievel Evel Knievel 1,748,541 61.4% Painter Movies & TV
10 Jackson Pollock Jackson Pollock 1,720,180 31.6% Painter Arts & Culture
11 Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell 1,310,063 85.0% Painter Arts & Culture
12 Claude Monet Claude Monet 1,225,904 17.4% Painter Arts & Culture
13 Raphael Raphael 1,198,573 18.1% Painter Arts & Culture
14 Takashi Murakami Takashi Murakami 1,127,539 36.5% Painter Arts & Culture
15 Thomas Kinkade Thomas Kinkade 1,099,281 73.6% Painter Arts & Culture
16 Rembrandt Rembrandt 998,389 18.0% Painter Arts & Culture
17 Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt 797,039 15.4% Painter Arts & Culture
18 Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch 726,236 26.0% Painter Politics & Society
19 Francis Bacon Francis Bacon 617,969 24.0% Painter Politics & Society
20 Luke the Evangelist Luke the Evangelist 598,974 11.2% Painter Politics & Society
21 H. R. Giger H. R. Giger 578,664 26.1% Painter Literature
22 Henri Matisse Henri Matisse 543,188 17.3% Painter Arts & Culture
23 Edvard Munch Edvard Munch 537,760 14.5% Painter Arts & Culture
24 Marc Ecko Marc Ecko 517,432 71.2% Painter Fashion & Accessoires
25 David Hockney David Hockney 497,613 12.9% Painter Arts & Culture
26 Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein 468,911 22.2% Painter Arts & Culture
27 Jeff Koons Jeff Koons 460,801 22.8% Painter Arts & Culture
28 El Greco El Greco 453,694 15.6% Painter Arts & Culture
29 Piet Mondrian Piet Mondrian 442,745 24.0% Painter Arts & Culture
30 Mary Cassatt Mary Cassatt 427,944 74.6% Painter Arts & Culture
31 William Blake William Blake 409,504 31.7% Painter Literature
32 Mark Rothko Mark Rothko 401,319 21.2% Painter Arts & Culture
33 Damien Hirst Damien Hirst 384,048 16.7% Painter Arts & Culture
34 Salvador Dalí Salvador Dalí 377,169 13.8% Painter Arts & Culture
35 Yoshitomo Nara Yoshitomo Nara 370,884 33.3% Painter Arts & Culture
36 Francisco Goya Francisco Goya 363,779 39.6% Painter Arts & Culture
37 Fernando Botero Fernando Botero 329,037 48.4% Painter Arts & Culture
38 Edgar Degas Edgar Degas 325,661 24.7% Painter Arts & Culture
39 Marc Chagall Marc Chagall 323,705 16.2% Painter Arts & Culture
40 Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Kandinsky 310,025 8.5% Painter Arts & Culture
41 Paul Gauguin Paul Gauguin 301,748 15.2% Painter Arts & Culture
42 Georges Seurat Georges Seurat 297,667 59.2% Painter Arts & Culture
43 James Turrell James Turrell 296,560 74.4% Painter Arts & Culture
44 Paul Klee Paul Klee 291,215 12.4% Painter Arts & Culture
45 Titian Titian 285,243 28.7% Painter Arts & Culture
46 David Choe David Choe 270,461 92.0% Painter Arts & Culture
47 Caspar David Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich 267,300 22.5% Painter Arts & Culture
48 Robert Burns Robert Burns 265,263 30.9% Painter Literature
49 Guy Harvey Guy Harvey 250,890 84.3% Painter Arts & Culture
50 Chuck Close Chuck Close 246,070 90.3% Painter Arts & Culture

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

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

John Wayne Gacy currently leads with an estimated audience of 5,602,300 people in United States.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across United States. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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