84 Most Popular Literary Genres in Belgium 2026 — by Audience Size

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Rank

Position in the Top 84, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank	Audience	Audience size	Country share	Avg age	Female share	Subtype
51	RRomantic thriller	23k	0.5%	46.3	83.3%	Literary genre
52	DDystopia	23k	0.9%	49.6	47.0%	Literary genre
53	MMedieval fantasy	22k	1.2%	38.7	45.9%	Literary genre
54	SSupernatural fiction	20k	0.5%	40.3	55.6%	Literary genre
55	RRomantic poetry	18k	0.3%	38.1	58.5%	Literary genre
56	GGothic fiction	18k	0.3%	32.3	65.7%	Literary genre
57	AAphorism	17k	0.2%	48.7	60.6%	Literary genre
58	PPolitical satire	17k	0.2%	40.2	56.4%	Literary genre
59	AAmerican literature	17k	0.6%	47.1	60.0%	Literary genre
60	FFan fiction	17k	0.3%	25.4	65.4%	Literary genre
61	HHistorical mystery	16k	0.8%	48.3	67.4%	Literary genre
62	RRegency romance	16k	0.5%	37.5	69.8%	Literary genre
63	SSpy fiction	16k	0.6%	42.2	51.0%	Literary genre
64	MMilitary science fiction	15k	0.6%	43.8	45.7%	Literary genre
65	MMedieval literature	14k	0.7%	41.0	47.1%	Literary genre
66	JJapanese mythology	14k	0.3%	36.4	43.1%	Literary genre
67	EEnglish poetry	13k	0.5%	46.4	72.7%	Literary genre
68	AArabic literature	12k	0.6%	43.0	55.3%	Literary genre
69	BBelgian comics	12k	13.9%	36.9	76.6%	Literary genre
70	LLiterary fiction	11k	0.3%	45.1	67.8%	Literary genre
71	Mmémoire	9.3k	5.6%	43.8	46.4%	Literary genre
72	RRussian literature	9.1k	0.4%	39.0	68.3%	Literary genre
73	HHard science fiction	8.4k	0.4%	39.5	60.3%	Literary genre
74	AAfrican-American literature	7.9k	0.1%	39.2	53.0%	Literary genre
75	DDōjinshi	7.3k	0.1%	25.6	56.4%	Literary genre

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Frequently asked questions

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

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Belgium and ranks each literary 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 literary genre in Belgium?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.5M people in Belgium.

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