Popularity ranking · Switzerland

The 84 most popular Literary Genres in Switzerland

This curated ranking covers the 84 largest literary genres in Switzerland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Humour, Fiction books and Fairy tale lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.8M people. Across all 84 entries the average audience size is 158k, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 1.9M people in Switzerland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Switzerland who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Switzerland and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Autobiography 16k 39.2 62.0% Literary genre
52 Medieval fantasy 15k 38.8 49.6% Literary genre
53 Tamil literature 15k 36.8 50.8% Literary genre
54 Memoir 15k 39.8 57.9% Literary genre
55 Paperback 15k 45.0 68.2% Literary genre
56 Literary fiction 13k 45.4 64.8% Literary genre
57 English poetry 12k 38.2 63.4% Literary genre
58 Franco-Belgian comics 12k 28.4 40.8% Literary genre
59 Romantic thriller 12k 41.3 69.5% Literary genre
60 Chinese philosophy 12k 53.1 86.9% Literary genre
61 Spy fiction 11k 39.2 71.0% Literary genre
62 Young Adult Books 11k 31.8 62.4% Literary genre
63 Fan fiction 10k 31.8 65.0% Literary genre
64 Military science fiction 10k 33.4 41.6% Literary genre
65 Medieval literature 9.8k 33.4 40.0% Literary genre
66 Bildungsroman 9.5k 33.8 66.8% Literary genre
67 Russian literature 9.5k 42.1 68.3% Literary genre
68 Dystopia 9.2k 44.3 64.4% Literary genre
69 mémoire 8.4k 42.5 46.0% Literary genre
70 Supernatural fiction 6.8k 34.9 59.0% Literary genre
71 Japanese mythology 6.8k 25.2 34.2% Literary genre
72 Cozy mystery 6.6k 39.3 62.8% Literary genre
73 Literary nonsense 5.7k 34.6 62.9% Literary genre
74 Hard science fiction 4.8k 24.3 41.7% Literary genre
75 Ancient Greek philosophy 2.6k 19.0 62.5% 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.9M people in Switzerland.

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