Top 50 Literary genres in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest literary genres in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 119 literary genres tracked in Italy, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Aphorism lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 40,482,425 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 2,718,238, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 16,331,026 people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Humour	16,331,026	4.0%	Literary genre	Literature
2	Fiction books	15,324,279	5.2%	Literary genre	Literature
3	Aphorism	8,827,120	81.4%	Literary genre	Literature
4	Manga	7,484,529	3.5%	Literary genre	Literature
5	Fairy tale	7,392,381	6.0%	Literary genre	Literature
6	Romance novels	6,482,017	3.9%	Literary genre	Literature
7	Satire	5,221,434	4.7%	Literary genre	Literature
8	Comic book	5,061,775	3.0%	Literary genre	Literature
9	Mystery fiction	4,996,766	3.7%	Literary genre	Literature
10	Bestseller	4,804,996	4.8%	Literary genre	Literature
11	Anime and manga fandom	4,582,215	3.2%	Literary genre	Literature
12	Fandom	3,950,649	3.7%	Literary genre	Literature
13	Non-fiction books	3,668,518	3.6%	Literary genre	Literature
14	Psychological thriller	2,941,137	5.3%	Literary genre	Literature
15	Novella	2,917,780	6.9%	Literary genre	Literature
16	American comic book	2,481,733	5.9%	Literary genre	Literature
17	Contemporary romance	2,400,208	5.5%	Literary genre	Literature
18	Children's literature	2,366,993	3.7%	Literary genre	Literature
19	Speculative fiction	2,294,470	5.5%	Literary genre	Literature
20	Crime fiction	2,167,431	3.4%	Literary genre	Literature
21	Detective fiction	2,076,384	3.6%	Literary genre	Literature
22	Shōnen manga	1,777,784	2.8%	Literary genre	Literature
23	Women's fiction	1,476,421	4.6%	Literary genre	Literature
24	Adventure fiction	1,459,231	4.2%	Literary genre	Literature
25	Web fiction	1,270,946	3.2%	Literary genre	Literature
26	Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction	1,242,594	6.4%	Literary genre	Literature
27	New-adult fiction	1,213,836	4.9%	Literary genre	Literature
28	Graphic novel	1,205,325	5.0%	Literary genre	Literature
29	Young-adult fiction	1,109,577	4.2%	Literary genre	Literature
30	Sketchbook	1,041,513	3.6%	Literary genre	Literature
31	Essay	1,025,449	7.8%	Literary genre	Literature
32	Historical fiction	969,823	4.2%	Literary genre	Literature
33	Superhero fiction	800,179	3.4%	Literary genre	Literature
34	Shōjo manga	770,833	1.8%	Literary genre	Literature
35	Japanese literature	719,613	9.6%	Literary genre	Literature
36	Urban fantasy	692,947	5.5%	Literary genre	Literature
37	Dark fantasy	677,194	4.1%	Literary genre	Literature
38	Romantic poetry	669,384	12.5%	Literary genre	Literature
39	Historical romance	464,338	5.3%	Literary genre	Literature
40	English literature	420,013	5.3%	Literary genre	Literature
41	Autobiography	391,189	7.1%	Literary genre	Literature
42	Italian comics	333,702	82.3%	Literary genre	Literature
43	Ancient Greek philosophy	332,872	15.7%	Literary genre	Literature
44	Philosophical fiction	332,194	8.3%	Literary genre	Literature
45	Gothic fiction	327,348	6.0%	Literary genre	Literature
46	Seinen manga	322,726	1.1%	Literary genre	Literature
47	Memoir	286,221	3.7%	Literary genre	Literature
48	Extended essay	284,330	0.7%	Literary genre	Literature
49	Romantic thriller	260,955	5.8%	Literary genre	Literature
50	Medieval literature	259,552	13.3%	Literary genre	Literature