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The 100 most popular Literary Genres in Spain

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in Spain, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 101 literary genres tracked in Spain, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Manga lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 25M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 829k, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 13M people in Spain. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Spain who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Spain 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 Spain who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Continental philosophy 40k 39.0 49.9% Literary genre
77 Utopian and dystopian fiction 34k 43.2 31.2% Literary genre
78 Arabic literature 30k 43.6 44.9% Literary genre
79 Flash fiction 29k 39.7 64.1% Literary genre
80 Chinese philosophy 27k 47.5 70.1% Literary genre
81 Literary fiction 20k 43.8 59.7% Literary genre
82 Chinese literature 20k 40.0 61.5% Literary genre
83 Historical mystery 20k 42.8 52.8% Literary genre
84 Franco-Belgian comics 19k 44.2 20.4% Literary genre
85 Tamil literature 18k 37.3 55.5% Literary genre
86 Dōjinshi 14k 33.9 47.9% Literary genre
87 Alternate history 13k 45.7 33.2% Literary genre
88 World literature 13k 39.5 66.9% Literary genre
89 Academic writing 8.7k 48.3 74.9% Literary genre
90 Creative nonfiction 5.7k 40.4 77.3% Literary genre
91 Personalized books 5.7k 37.1 89.8% Literary genre
92 Hindi literature 5k 34.9 58.9% Literary genre
93 Sufi poetry 4.5k 25.3 51.4% Literary genre
94 Christian novel 795 53.2 88.6% Literary genre
95 Japanese horror 526 33.2 16.0% Literary genre
96 Apocalyptic literature 450 45.2 64.1% Literary genre
97 Belgian comics 262 40.1 50.8% Literary genre
98 Social science fiction 240 41.3 45.8% Literary genre
99 Nautical fiction 223 46.7 62.1% Literary genre
100 Contemporary fantasy 210 43.0 82.7% 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 Spain 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 Spain?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 13M people in Spain.

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