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Top 100 Literary genres in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 103 literary genres tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Satire lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 36M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.4M, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 17M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Adventure fiction 1.6M 38.5 49.2% Literary genre
27 New-adult fiction 1.5M 40.4 77.3% Literary genre
28 Graphic novel 1.3M 38.2 55.6% Literary genre
29 Shōnen manga 1.3M 28.6 48.0% Literary genre
30 Superhero fiction 1.2M 33.8 47.2% Literary genre
31 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction 1.1M 39.2 38.4% Literary genre
32 Urban fantasy 981k 42.1 72.4% Literary genre
33 Dark fantasy 979k 39.9 63.5% Literary genre
34 Novella 947k 45.5 71.9% Literary genre
35 Literary fiction 943k 53.2 73.8% Literary genre
36 Memoir 930k 48.9 74.0% Literary genre
37 Historical romance 922k 48.2 79.0% Literary genre
38 Sketchbook 828k 33.7 65.2% Literary genre
39 Shōjo manga 707k 30.9 59.3% Literary genre
40 Cozy mystery 631k 54.4 82.1% Literary genre
41 English literature 608k 49.9 71.4% Literary genre
42 Autobiography 556k 51.8 60.6% Literary genre
43 Essay 486k 43.3 62.3% Literary genre
44 Political satire 466k 40.2 36.0% Literary genre
45 Gothic fiction 460k 44.5 63.9% Literary genre
46 Comic science fiction 396k 39.1 44.2% Literary genre
47 African-American literature 347k 41.2 58.5% Literary genre
48 Supernatural fiction 337k 46.3 61.3% Literary genre
49 English poetry 314k 44.9 57.4% Literary genre
50 Regency romance 305k 45.4 79.3% Literary genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 17M people in United Kingdom.

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