Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Scientists in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest scientists in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 228 scientists tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Stephen Hawking, Nikola Tesla and Brené Brown lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 349k, and the largest, Stephen Hawking, reaches around 6.1M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each scientists, 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
26 Albertus Magnus 271k 41.2 69.5% Scientists
27 Alfred Nobel 266k 39.2 62.4% Scientists
28 Adrian Newey 257k Scientists
29 Yitzhak Rabin 233k 40.7 33.1% Scientists
30 Blaise Pascal 214k 38.6 63.4% Scientists
31 Erwin Schrödinger 206k 40.9 35.0% Scientists
32 Carl Weber 198k 44.6 64.4% Scientists
33 Michael Faraday 194k 37.3 57.7% Scientists
34 Luke Harper 190k 32.5 7.0% Scientists
35 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 187k 46.4 82.6% Scientists
36 Paracelsus 180k 43.2 66.1% Scientists
37 Enrico Fermi 179k 48.2 57.6% Scientists
38 John von Neumann 165k 39.5 13.9% Scientists
39 Peter Popoff 149k Scientists
40 Luis Walter Alvarez 148k 43.7 47.9% Scientists
41 Anna Pavlova 145k 31.6 85.9% Scientists
42 William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin 135k 49.5 47.6% Scientists
43 Guglielmo Marconi 134k 47.0 49.6% Scientists
44 Andy Summers 133k Scientists
45 Antoine Lavoisier 128k 37.7 70.6% Scientists
46 Roger Penrose 123k 41.9 68.9% Scientists
47 Viktor Yanukovych 119k 48.4 50.8% Scientists
48 Gerardo Mejía 114k 26.7 6.3% Scientists
49 George Meade 110k 47.0 81.3% Scientists
50 Sam Moon 105k 39.2 100.0% Scientists

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular scientists compiled?

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

Stephen Hawking currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.1M people in United States.

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