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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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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 Isambard Kingdom Brunel 44k 39.6 53.8% Scientists
77 David C. Cook 42k 50.8 71.4% Scientists
78 Emily Ley 41k 35.1 77.5% Scientists
79 Rick Doblin 40k Scientists
80 Mitchell Davis 40k 23.7 92.8% Scientists
81 Steve Spangler 33k 43.1 82.9% Scientists
82 Frederick Banting 32k Scientists
83 Steve Russell 31k Scientists
84 Akhilesh Yadav 29k 36.7 63.2% Scientists
85 Ernesto Sabato 28k 42.6 56.2% Scientists
86 Hans Rosling 28k 33.2 59.9% Scientists
87 Tadeusz Kościuszko 27k 44.4 65.3% Scientists
88 Brian Halligan 25k 42.7 42.3% Scientists
89 Nassim Haramein 25k 33.4 57.3% Scientists
90 Peter Higgs 25k Scientists
91 Diane Chamberlain 23k 39.4 65.8% Scientists
92 Norbert Wiener 22k 29.0 0.0% Scientists
93 Chris Lord-Alge 22k 34.5 17.2% Scientists
94 Andrew Haigh 22k Scientists
95 Martin Moreno 22k 36.3 27.7% Scientists
96 Omar Mukhtar 22k 29.2 61.1% Scientists
97 JH Audio 21k 41.5 0.0% Scientists
98 Sonia Kapoor 19k 30.0 4.9% Scientists
99 Ryan North 19k Scientists
100 Wilhelm Röntgen 18k 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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