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Top 100 Literary genres in Brazil

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in Brazil, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 103 literary genres tracked in Brazil, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Novella and Fiction books lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 60M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.5M, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 26M people in Brazil. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Brazil who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Brazil and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Humour 26M 40.6 56.3% Literary genre
2 Novella 19M 41.6 68.9% Literary genre
3 Fiction books 15M 37.5 66.9% Literary genre
4 Romance novels 7.3M 42.5 73.9% Literary genre
5 Manga 6.4M 35.6 54.1% Literary genre
6 Non-fiction books 4.7M 38.1 71.7% Literary genre
7 Fairy tale 4.5M 43.6 59.8% Literary genre
8 Mystery fiction 4.4M 39.6 63.8% Literary genre
9 Bestseller 4.3M 37.3 72.9% Literary genre
10 Fandom 3.6M 32.2 50.9% Literary genre
11 Psychological thriller 3.6M 37.8 61.2% Literary genre
12 Comic book 3.4M 32.3 49.7% Literary genre
13 Anime and manga fandom 3.4M 32.0 47.0% Literary genre
14 American comic book 3M 28.6 47.0% Literary genre
15 Crime fiction 2.6M 36.4 62.1% Literary genre
16 Web fiction 2.6M 45.1 67.4% Literary genre
17 Satire 2.5M 34.3 54.7% Literary genre
18 Detective fiction 2.3M 35.8 64.9% Literary genre
19 Contemporary romance 2.1M 36.5 73.5% Literary genre
20 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction 2M 41.8 59.2% Literary genre
21 New-adult fiction 1.6M 34.7 71.9% Literary genre
22 Children's literature 1.6M 37.2 81.4% Literary genre
23 Women's fiction 1.5M 35.6 73.1% Literary genre
24 Shōnen manga 1.4M 28.1 35.4% Literary genre
25 Speculative fiction 1.4M 32.1 51.3% Literary genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Brazil 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 Brazil?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 26M people in Brazil.

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