Popularity ranking · Australia

The 100 most popular Musicals in Australia

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musicals in Australia, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 104 musicals tracked in Australia, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Wicked (musical), Cats (musical) and Lord of the Rings (musical) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 86k, and the largest, Wicked (musical), reaches around 842k people in Australia. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Australia who actively engage with each musical, 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 Wicked (musical) 842k 41.6 67.1% Musical
2 Cats (musical) 690k 42.7 72.9%
3 Lord of the Rings (musical) 635k — — Musical
4 Cirque du Soleil 549k 43.8 66.3%
5 Don Quixote (ballet) 547k 53.7 100.0%
6 The Music Man 274k 52.7 52.4%
7 The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical) 263k 42.3 100.0%
8 Les Misérables (musical) 232k 44.1 71.4%
9 The Lion King (musical) 212k 41.6 72.8% Musical
10 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical) 205k 41.3 70.5%
11 The Book of Mormon (musical) 187k 44.4 68.7%
12 Chess (musical) 167k 37.2 59.0%
13 Grease (lubricant) 157k 46.8 25.0% Musical
14 The Nutcracker 156k 41.0 73.8% Musical
15 Beauty and the Beast (musical) 143k 42.0 81.6%
16 Delirium (Cirque du Soleil) 138k 40.3 62.5%
17 The Addams Family (musical) 122k 32.1 100.0% Musical
18 Chicago (musical) 109k 42.4 75.2% Musical
19 Legally Blonde (musical) 105k 44.5 90.8%
20 Hair (musical) 99k 39.0 85.8% Musical
21 The Rocky Horror Show 99k 47.2 75.0% Musical
22 West Side Story 94k 47.5 80.1%
23 War Horse (play) 92k 46.2 72.8%
24 We Will Rock You (musical) 90k 49.5 73.4%
25 Beauty and the Beast 90k 38.3 83.1%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musicals compiled?

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

Wicked (musical) currently leads with an estimated audience of 842k people in Australia.

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