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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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How to read this list

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
51 Leonhard Euler 95k 29.3 59.3% Scientists
52 James Clerk Maxwell 92k 40.9 67.8% Scientists
53 Carl Friedrich Gauss 91k 44.3 33.9% Scientists
54 Paul Dirac 88k 59.0 56.8% Scientists
55 Primo Levi 87k 55.4 62.0% Scientists
56 Brian Krebs 87k 50.4 42.1% Scientists
57 Alessandro Volta 84k 38.8 54.1% Scientists
58 Albert Hofmann 83k 36.1 12.6% Scientists
59 Pamela Silva 78k 40.9 55.3% Scientists
60 Vytal 69k 39.5 51.4% Scientists
61 Dominic Russo 66k Scientists
62 Brian Weiss 65k 42.9 88.1% Scientists
63 Christopher Wren 64k 59.0 24.7% Scientists
64 Robert Hight 62k Scientists
65 Mohit Sharma 60k 29.5 43.4% Scientists
66 Billy Lane 54k 42.4 10.0% Scientists
67 Jorge Vergara 53k 34.1 22.7% Scientists
68 Jodi Thomas 51k 45.0 71.7% Scientists
69 Daniel Goleman 50k 31.8 59.9% Scientists
70 Freeman Dyson 50k Scientists
71 Rupert Neve 50k 44.0 16.5% Scientists
72 Zahra Ahmad 49k 38.9 86.1% Scientists
73 David Hilbert 49k Scientists
74 Lawrence M. Krauss 48k 41.0 54.1% Scientists
75 Deborah King 47k 42.7 87.4% 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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