Popularity ranking · Australia

The 100 most popular Musical Genres in Australia

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in Australia, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 539 musical genres tracked in Australia, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rock music, Pop music and Hip hop music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 23M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.8M, and the largest, Rock music, reaches around 9.2M people in Australia. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Australia who actively engage with each musical genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Australia 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 Australia who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Australia. 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 Australia, 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 Australia. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Rock music 9.2M 42.6 54.8% Musical genre
2 Pop music 7.3M 40.4 57.9% Musical genre
3 Hip hop music 6.6M 38.2 54.1% Musical genre
4 Rhythm and blues music 5.9M 40.3 53.6% Musical genre
5 Blues music 5.6M 42.3 53.1% Musical genre
6 Popular music 5.5M 40.5 53.4% Musical genre
7 Jazz music 5.5M 41.7 54.8% Musical genre
8 Classical music 5.4M 42.5 55.4% Musical genre
9 Rock and roll 4.7M 43.0 53.9% Musical genre
10 Alternative rock 4.5M 38.6 52.1% Musical genre
11 Country music 4.4M 43.8 55.9% Musical genre
12 Soul music 4.3M 40.3 57.8% Musical genre
13 Singer-songwriter 4.1M 39.3 60.3% Musical genre
14 Punk rock 3.3M 38.5 50.2% Musical genre
15 Contemporary R&B 3.1M 37.3 60.9% Musical genre
16 Gospel music 3M 42.2 61.5% Musical genre
17 African-American music 2.9M 39.9 55.0% Musical genre
18 Dance music 2.6M 38.8 52.9% Musical genre
19 Hard rock 2.5M 41.8 49.2% Musical genre
20 House music 2.4M 36.5 48.3% Musical genre
21 Indie rock 2.3M 36.5 52.0% Musical genre
22 Funk 2.2M 36.6 50.1% Musical genre
23 American rock 2.2M 41.8 59.0% Musical genre
24 World music 2.2M 42.5 57.5% Musical genre
25 Electro (music) 2.1M — — Musical genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musical genres compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Australia and ranks each musical genre 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 musical genre in Australia?

Rock music currently leads with an estimated audience of 9.2M people in Australia.

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