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Top 100 Musical genres in Brazil

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in Brazil, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 629 musical genres tracked in Brazil, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Country music, Popular music and Rock music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 66M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 5.9M, and the largest, Country music, reaches around 23M people in Brazil. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Brazil who actively engage with each musical 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 Country music 23M 39.0 57.3% Musical genre
2 Popular music 22M 37.5 60.2% Musical genre
3 Rock music 21M 38.2 56.5% Musical genre
4 Pop music 19M 37.4 59.5% Musical genre
5 Funk 18M 35.0 55.4% Musical genre
6 Rhythm and blues music 17M 36.9 56.5% Musical genre
7 Jazz music 16M 37.2 57.8% Musical genre
8 Soul music 16M 36.6 56.6% Musical genre
9 Rock and roll 15M 37.2 55.6% Musical genre
10 Hip hop music 14M 35.9 54.7% Musical genre
11 Gospel music 14M 37.2 62.7% Musical genre
12 Samba 14M 37.6 58.1% Musical genre
13 African-American music 13M 34.4 58.6% Musical genre
14 Classical music 12M 40.5 56.8% Musical genre
15 Blues music 12M 38.2 52.6% Musical genre
16 Forró 11M 39.1 56.4% Musical genre
17 Funk carioca 10M 33.4 56.3% Musical genre
18 Dance music 9.8M 37.9 55.9% Musical genre
19 Singer-songwriter 9.6M 34.7 62.8% Musical genre
20 Alternative rock 9.5M 35.7 55.5% Musical genre
21 Hymn 9.1M 37.4 64.6% Musical genre
22 Music of Brazil 8.9M 38.7 64.3% Musical genre
23 Funk ostentação 8.9M 33.1 55.7% Musical genre
24 House music 8M 35.7 53.2% Musical genre
25 Proibidão 7.8M 32.8 53.9% Musical 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 musical 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 musical genre in Brazil?

Country music currently leads with an estimated audience of 23M people in Brazil.

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