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
76 Reggaeton 817k 33.3 50.3% Musical genre
77 Swing music 804k 45.4 59.6% Musical genre
78 Modern dance 803k 41.2 75.5% Musical genre
79 Underground hip hop 800k 31.1 41.8% Musical genre
80 Rap rock 796k 42.5 47.5% Musical genre
81 Bangladeshi rock 785k 47.6 47.7% Musical genre
82 Christian rock 761k 45.7 51.1% Musical genre
83 Electroacoustic music 754k 35.5 32.8% Musical genre
84 Chicano rock 748k 47.1 48.8% Musical genre
85 Alternative metal 736k 37.3 41.2% Musical genre
86 Brazilian rock 728k 47.2 48.8% Musical genre
87 Bluegrass music 719k 46.4 53.7% Musical genre
88 Gangsta rap 717k 31.4 42.5% Musical genre
89 Latin music (genre) 700k 38.4 56.8% Musical genre
90 Minimal music 698k 38.2 63.0% Musical genre
91 Latin pop 685k 35.8 65.2% Musical genre
92 Alternative dance 684k 36.2 48.2% Musical genre
93 Alternative country 683k 46.6 56.2% Musical genre
94 Boogie-woogie 675k 45.6 41.4% Musical genre
95 Ambient music 668k 39.9 51.8% Musical genre
96 Tech house 664k 32.5 40.7% Musical genre
97 Ska 660k 41.9 54.6% Musical genre
98 1970s in music 653k 48.1 61.1% Musical genre
99 Post-punk 649k 36.6 52.2% Musical genre
100 art music 641k 41.7 56.8% 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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