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
76 tract 2.3k 40.7 59.0% Literary genre
77 Dōjinshi 2.3k 25.9 50.5% Literary genre
78 Autobiographical novel 776 51.5 73.9% Literary genre
79 Gothic fiction 625 0.0 0.0% Literary genre
80 Ancient Greek literature 617 48.1 80.0% Literary genre
81 Legal thriller 415 51.4 72.5% Literary genre
82 Chinese literature 329 40.5 65.7% Literary genre
83 Contemporary fantasy 213 43.1 83.4% Literary genre
84 African-American literature 147 30.3 28.2% 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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