Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Poets in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest poets in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 257 poets tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Sylvia Plath, Shel Silverstein and Andrea Gibson lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 249k, and the largest, Sylvia Plath, reaches around 2.4M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each poet, 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 Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 74k 33.2 52.6% Poet
77 Wole Soyinka 73k 33.4 53.6% Poet
78 José Martí 73k 41.8 39.4% Poet
79 Federico García Lorca 72k 40.2 62.9% Poet
80 John Milton 71k 36.4 58.9% Poet
81 John Cooper Clarke 71k 46.1 28.9% Poet
82 Julia de Burgos 69k Poet
83 Naomi Shihab Nye 65k Poet
84 Charles Baudelaire 63k 38.3 54.8% Poet
85 Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger 62k 35.1 50.7% Poet
86 Søren Kierkegaard 58k 42.0 46.9% Poet
87 Sonia Sanchez 57k Poet
88 Iris Murdoch 54k 29.5 53.0% Poet
89 Thích Nhất Hạnh 54k 46.3 72.5% Poet
90 Al-Ghazali 53k 40.2 53.5% Poet
91 Audrey Niffenegger 53k 44.0 77.7% Poet
92 Clarissa Pinkola Estés 50k 44.5 76.9% Poet
93 Lawrence Ferlinghetti 45k 48.5 100.0% Poet
94 Michel Houellebecq 44k 36.9 56.0% Poet
95 Duo Duo 40k 30.2 58.2% Poet
96 Ibn Taymiyyah 39k 24.2 29.6% Poet
97 Novalis 37k 46.1 55.9% Poet
98 Ibn Arabi 36k Poet
99 Milarepa 35k Poet
100 Qianlong Emperor 34k 22.6 55.0% Poet

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular poets compiled?

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

Sylvia Plath currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.4M people in United States.

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