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
51 In the Heights 38k 40.6 67.1%
52 The Marriage of Figaro 36k 44.7 73.8%
53 Twelfth Night 36k 46.0 87.2%
54 Dear Evan Hansen 36k 39.8 64.6%
55 South Pacific (musical) 35k 47.5 41.3% Musical
56 The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) 34k 39.1 83.5%
57 Ovo (Cirque du Soleil) 33k 39.7 28.3%
58 9 to 5 (musical) 32k 40.0 57.6% Musical
59 Little Shop of Horrors (musical) 32k 40.2 100.0% Musical
60 Evita (musical) 32k 42.3 76.7% Musical
61 Footloose (musical) 31k 41.5 100.0% Musical
62 Allegiance (musical) 29k 38.9 0.0%
63 Billy Elliot the Musical 29k 39.1 71.6% Musical
64 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical) 28k 44.0 63.7%
65 Guys and Dolls 27k 38.7 51.6%
66 Jesus Christ Superstar 26k 52.4 100.0% Musical
67 Blue Man Group 26k 39.8 45.3% Musical
68 Kinky boots 25k 42.5 98.8%
69 Jekyll & Hyde (musical) 22k 52.7 100.0%
70 The Aristocats 21k 31.2 95.7% Musical
71 Rock of Ages (musical) 20k 41.9 92.2%
72 Tarzan (musical) 20k 38.1 72.2% Musical
73 Starlight Express 19k 38.5 70.6% Musical
74 The Bodyguard (musical) 19k 42.3 95.3%
75 Giselle 17k 33.1 100.0%

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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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