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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
26 Superhero fiction 1.1M 33.3 52.7% Literary genre
27 Adventure fiction 1M 31.2 43.5% Literary genre
28 Young-adult fiction 963k 35.9 70.5% Literary genre
29 Brazilian literature 940k 37.5 66.0% Literary genre
30 Historical fiction 693k 39.7 54.1% Literary genre
31 Graphic novel 690k 35.3 51.3% Literary genre
32 English literature 666k 38.1 63.5% Literary genre
33 Dark fantasy 616k 38.7 67.7% Literary genre
34 Essay 534k 38.4 63.6% Literary genre
35 Urban fantasy 466k 37.5 69.1% Literary genre
36 Spy fiction 465k 47.1 40.6% Literary genre
37 Comic science fiction 463k 42.0 73.3% Literary genre
38 Sketchbook 434k 29.8 58.3% Literary genre
39 Hard science fiction 404k 38.4 29.9% Literary genre
40 Historical romance 403k 44.3 55.8% Literary genre
41 Japanese literature 392k 36.7 48.0% Literary genre
42 Japanese mythology 373k 23.6 22.5% Literary genre
43 Shōjo manga 366k 32.3 58.3% Literary genre
44 Furry fandom 356k 38.9 79.3% Literary genre
45 Gothic fiction 327k 41.4 42.8% Literary genre
46 Russian literature 302k 48.1 50.9% Literary genre
47 Memoir 275k 39.4 65.5% Literary genre
48 Continental philosophy 266k 33.4 58.9% Literary genre
49 Medieval literature 225k 34.8 61.6% Literary genre
50 Romantic poetry 190k 38.7 67.4% 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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