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Rank
Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.
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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GGordon Ramsay | 4.9M | 29.0% | 38.0 | 52.8% | Chef |
| 2 | AAnthony Bourdain | 4.4M | 41.9% | 34.6 | 61.4% | Chef |
| 3 | GGordon Ramsey | 4.2M | 29.1% | 40.1 | 57.2% | Chef |
| 4 | MMichael Caines | 4M | 81.0% | — | — | Chef |
| 5 | JJulia Child | 3.6M | 87.8% | 45.7 | 68.2% | Chef |
| 6 | BBobby Flay | 2.2M | 79.1% | 44.6 | 63.6% | Chef |
| 7 | GGiada De Laurentiis | 1.6M | 82.8% | 48.2 | 67.9% | Chef |
| 8 | PPaula Deen | 1.4M | 87.2% | 50.8 | 68.2% | Chef |
| 9 | AAnne Burrell | 1.3M | 69.4% | 49.7 | 65.8% | Chef |
| 10 | EEmeril Lagasse | 1M | 89.2% | 48.0 | 61.6% | Chef |
| 11 | NNigella Lawson | 1M | 20.7% | 42.6 | 67.0% | Chef |
| 12 | JJamie Oliver | 959k | 13.6% | 37.3 | 62.7% | Chef |
| 13 | WWolfgang Puck | 748k | 67.6% | 45.7 | 59.0% | Chef |
| 14 | PPaul Hollywood | 695k | 38.9% | 39.2 | 67.8% | Chef |
| 15 | AAlex Guarnaschelli | 688k | 88.8% | 48.7 | 72.1% | Chef |
| 16 | AAndrew Zimmern | 575k | 86.5% | 43.8 | 49.9% | Chef |
| 17 | SSandra Lee (chef) | 470k | 54.0% | 40.2 | 84.4% | Chef |
| 18 | SShane McMahon | 458k | 42.5% | 34.7 | 47.0% | Chef |
| 19 | NNusret Gökçe | 411k | 41.3% | 36.2 | 44.9% | Chef |
| 20 | CCarla Hall | 401k | 86.1% | 47.2 | 73.9% | Chef |
| 21 | TThomas Keller | 354k | 52.4% | 33.0 | 41.8% | Chef |
| 22 | MMarcus Samuelsson | 341k | 80.9% | 46.1 | 59.4% | Chef |
| 23 | DDuff Goldman | 334k | 87.1% | 40.9 | 81.6% | Chef |
| 24 | MMarco Pierre White | 318k | 10.3% | 24.3 | 96.7% | Chef |
| 25 | GGeoffrey Zakarian | 304k | 91.8% | 47.6 | 60.8% | Chef |
| 26 | LLidia Bastianich | 299k | 67.1% | 52.4 | 81.2% | Chef |
| 27 | CChef Robert Irvine | 291k | 71.5% | 35.0 | 57.8% | Chef |
| 28 | BBuddy Valastro | 277k | 25.4% | 40.0 | 80.5% | Chef |
| 29 | MMario Batali | 275k | 59.0% | 41.9 | 66.3% | Chef |
| 30 | CCurtis Stone | 258k | 45.5% | 47.0 | 56.0% | Chef |
| 31 | MMichael Symon | 247k | 88.3% | 45.7 | 69.5% | Chef |
| 32 | JJoe Bastianich | 247k | 18.4% | 35.3 | 50.3% | Chef |
| 33 | SStephanie Izard | 244k | 99.4% | 47.3 | 56.1% | Chef |
| 34 | RRick Bayless | 244k | 98.8% | 43.0 | 58.6% | Chef |
| 35 | GGary Danko | 240k | 99.6% | — | — | Chef |
| 36 | SScott Conant | 237k | 98.4% | 46.4 | 66.5% | Chef |
| 37 | TTom Colicchio | 225k | 85.5% | 46.7 | 60.2% | Chef |
| 38 | BBryan Voltaggio | 214k | 99.4% | 50.7 | 100.0% | Chef |
| 39 | AAuguste Escoffier | 208k | 40.1% | 42.0 | 63.0% | Chef |
| 40 | MMr. Food | 202k | 56.4% | 51.8 | 88.0% | Chef |
| 41 | SSunny Anderson | 186k | 85.5% | 35.5 | 65.1% | Chef |
| 42 | GGrant Achatz | 184k | 60.7% | 40.2 | 44.8% | Chef |
| 43 | RRichard Blais | 181k | 98.8% | 39.2 | 60.6% | Chef |
| 44 | GGraham Elliot | 178k | 88.0% | 39.8 | 60.2% | Chef |
| 45 | MMichael Smith (chef) | 177k | 24.4% | 48.0 | 75.7% | Chef |
| 46 | CCat Cora | 173k | 85.9% | 39.1 | 56.6% | Chef |
| 47 | AAlice Waters | 159k | 54.4% | 47.9 | 62.0% | Chef |
| 48 | AAmanda Freitag | 148k | 98.9% | 46.8 | 64.8% | Chef |
| 49 | RRoy Choi | 147k | 74.6% | 36.0 | 52.8% | Chef |
| 50 | JJeff Mauro | 145k | 99.1% | 41.0 | 72.2% | Chef |
| 51 | VVikas Khanna | 141k | 16.7% | 36.5 | 53.7% | Chef |
| 52 | AAlain Ducasse | 137k | 9.5% | 43.7 | 51.5% | Chef |
| 53 | MMasaharu Morimoto | 134k | 71.5% | 41.1 | 52.9% | Chef |
| 54 | OOttolenghi | 134k | 6.3% | 34.9 | 56.4% | Chef |
| 55 | DDaniel Boulud | 127k | 59.4% | 25.3 | 94.3% | Chef |
| 56 | LLorena Garcia | 123k | 48.0% | 43.4 | 88.0% | Chef |
| 57 | RRocco DiSpirito | 121k | 84.5% | 39.4 | 65.7% | Chef |
| 58 | NNobu Matsuhisa | 112k | 44.5% | 43.6 | 53.8% | Chef |
| 59 | MMassimo Bottura | 108k | 14.3% | 41.0 | 56.2% | Chef |
| 60 | PPaul Prudhomme | 105k | 99.0% | 31.4 | 89.4% | Chef |
| 61 | MMichael Mina | 105k | 98.8% | 38.6 | 49.5% | Chef |
| 62 | MMyron Mixon | 101k | 98.3% | 45.3 | 16.5% | Chef |
| 63 | GGino D'Acampo | 100k | 6.7% | 32.4 | 54.3% | Chef |
| 64 | JJoël Robuchon | 96k | 26.2% | 43.8 | 52.6% | Chef |
| 65 | MMarcela Valladolid | 88k | 99.0% | 31.9 | 85.1% | Chef |
| 66 | LLaura Vitale | 86k | 67.7% | 42.6 | 87.3% | Chef |
| 67 | RRuth Reichl | 84k | 68.8% | 43.3 | 77.5% | Chef |
| 68 | MMarion Grasby | 81k | 29.1% | 40.9 | 75.7% | Chef |
| 69 | PPaul Bocuse | 80k | 7.7% | 34.8 | 52.2% | Chef |
| 70 | JJosé Andrés | 79k | 15.2% | 46.7 | 57.3% | Chef |
| 71 | FFabio Viviani (chef) | 78k | 87.7% | 43.5 | 74.0% | Chef |
| 72 | JJacques Pépin | 77k | 90.5% | 47.2 | 64.7% | Chef |
| 73 | CChuck Hughes (chef) | 74k | 57.6% | 40.9 | 84.5% | Chef |
| 74 | SSara Moulton | 74k | 97.2% | 47.8 | 42.1% | Chef |
| 75 | HHeston Blumenthal | 72k | 6.2% | 37.9 | 58.5% | Chef |
| 76 | YYotam Ottolenghi | 71k | 14.2% | 41.4 | 69.7% | Chef |
| 77 | PPierre Hermé | 70k | 2.2% | 37.9 | 74.2% | Chef |
| 78 | MMartin Yan | 66k | 97.9% | — | — | Chef |
| 79 | JJose Garces | 62k | 97.4% | — | — | Chef |
| 80 | DDaniel Humm | 62k | 51.4% | 31.4 | 47.0% | Chef |
| 81 | SSanjeev Kapoor | 61k | 7.5% | 40.1 | 64.1% | Chef |
| 82 | CChristine Ha | 59k | 53.2% | 37.9 | 54.9% | Chef |
| 83 | DDelia Smith | 52k | 9.4% | 42.8 | 58.1% | Chef |
| 84 | RRené Redzepi | 52k | 16.1% | 36.4 | 46.4% | Chef |
| 85 | GGuy Savoy | 51k | 6.1% | 29.6 | 59.0% | Chef |
| 86 | RRanveer Brar | 51k | 8.1% | 41.2 | 94.8% | Chef |
| 87 | SSusan Feniger | 50k | 96.5% | 50.8 | 100.0% | Chef |
| 88 | AAinsley Harriott | 50k | 14.1% | 31.1 | 32.0% | Chef |
| 89 | NNadia Hussain | 49k | 12.5% | 37.9 | 66.5% | Chef |
| 90 | LLorraine Pascale | 48k | 21.8% | 30.3 | 56.5% | Chef |
| 91 | RRick Stein | 45k | 2.3% | 38.2 | 47.3% | Chef |
| 92 | MMichael Chiarello | 44k | 84.2% | 43.4 | 44.8% | Chef |
| 93 | PPete Evans | 43k | 15.1% | 46.9 | 43.8% | Chef |
| 94 | NNigel Slater | 42k | 8.8% | 26.7 | 92.9% | Chef |
| 95 | FFerran Adrià | 41k | 6.8% | 45.7 | 71.1% | Chef |
| 96 | JJean-Georges Vongerichten | 37k | 88.3% | 47.0 | 67.5% | Chef |
| 97 | FFrancis Mallmann | 37k | 35.9% | 26.2 | 39.1% | Chef |
| 98 | TTodd English | 36k | 95.6% | 43.3 | 56.5% | Chef |
| 99 | DDan Barber | 36k | 94.0% | — | — | Chef |
| 100 | EElizabeth Falkner | 34k | 99.0% | — | — | Chef |
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Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular chefs compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each chef by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.
How often is the list updated?
The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.
What is the largest chef in United States?
Gordon Ramsay currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.9M people in United States.