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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
76 Tamil literature 37k 40.9 55.4% Literary genre
77 Young Adult Books 37k 32.5 43.6% Literary genre
78 Political fiction 26k 33.0 65.9% Literary genre
79 Literary fiction 25k 40.9 61.2% Literary genre
80 Heroic fantasy 25k 33.3 41.5% Literary genre
81 Alternate history 21k 22.9 45.9% Literary genre
82 Historical mystery 20k 37.8 63.8% Literary genre
83 Apocalyptic literature 20k 39.8 66.5% Literary genre
84 Arabic literature 15k 39.4 53.2% Literary genre
85 Dōjinshi 15k 36.0 58.1% Literary genre
86 Chinese philosophy 15k 42.9 56.3% Literary genre
87 Nautical fiction 14k 27.4 63.2% Literary genre
88 Ancient Greek literature 12k 27.0 53.5% Literary genre
89 Christian novel 12k 33.7 86.7% Literary genre
90 Hindi literature 9.1k 37.5 72.0% Literary genre
91 Sufi poetry 8.8k 28.8 48.7% Literary genre
92 Eastern philosophy 7.9k 50.1 70.5% Literary genre
93 Creative nonfiction 6.8k 39.7 59.3% Literary genre
94 World literature 5.8k 32.9 58.7% Literary genre
95 Flash fiction 4.7k 30.9 60.8% Literary genre
96 Absurdist fiction 4.3k 21.7 66.8% Literary genre
97 Utopian and dystopian fiction 2.9k 41.1 51.4% Literary genre
98 Academic writing 2.9k 33.4 67.9% Literary genre
99 Contemporary fantasy 1.4k 43.0 82.7% Literary genre
100 Personalized books 519 38.4 74.7% 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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