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
51 Christian hip hop 1.2M 32.8 50.7% Musical genre
52 Indian rock 1.1M 43.5 47.7% Musical genre
53 Cover version 1.1M 42.1 56.2% Musical genre
54 Korean hip hop 1M 32.0 54.0% Musical genre
55 British hip hop 1M 32.8 46.3% Musical genre
56 Chicano rap 1M 33.2 47.4% Musical genre
57 Midwest hip hop 1M 32.9 47.3% Musical genre
58 Music school 1M 37.4 47.0% Musical genre
59 Grunge 989k 37.8 52.2% Musical genre
60 Classic rock 985k 46.4 48.7% Musical genre
61 Japanese hip hop 966k 33.1 47.9% Musical genre
62 French hip hop 966k 32.6 47.4% Musical genre
63 Britpop 952k 38.7 57.5% Musical genre
64 Country rap 952k 32.9 47.5% Musical genre
65 Film score 945k 44.3 53.1% Musical genre
66 Independent music 938k 38.6 52.2% Musical genre
67 Atlanta hip hop 937k 36.0 56.3% Musical genre
68 Afrobeat 914k 37.1 55.2% Musical genre
69 Western swing 896k 47.0 55.5% Musical genre
70 Psychedelic rock 864k 40.3 44.3% Musical genre
71 Trance music 862k 36.4 41.4% Musical genre
72 Vocal music 858k 39.3 49.5% Musical genre
73 Thai rock 853k 47.3 46.0% Musical genre
74 Garage rock 830k 41.1 46.6% Musical genre
75 Pinoy rock 826k 47.8 47.7% 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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