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Top 100 Literary genres in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 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 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Aphorism lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 40M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.4M, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 16M 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.

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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 Italy who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction 1.2M 34.8 28.9% Literary genre
27 New-adult fiction 1.2M 36.6 75.8% Literary genre
28 Graphic novel 1.2M 36.0 49.6% Literary genre
29 Young-adult fiction 1.1M 34.8 69.5% Literary genre
30 Sketchbook 1M 30.2 58.3% Literary genre
31 Essay 1M 43.3 61.9% Literary genre
32 Historical fiction 970k 40.1 60.7% Literary genre
33 Superhero fiction 800k 30.7 43.3% Literary genre
34 Shōjo manga 771k 31.7 55.7% Literary genre
35 Japanese literature 720k 43.8 56.4% Literary genre
36 Urban fantasy 693k 35.8 61.8% Literary genre
37 Dark fantasy 677k 34.6 57.9% Literary genre
38 Romantic poetry 669k 40.0 67.9% Literary genre
39 Historical romance 464k 43.8 73.7% Literary genre
40 English literature 420k 44.9 55.9% Literary genre
41 Autobiography 391k 50.1 67.6% Literary genre
42 Italian comics 334k 36.5 42.5% Literary genre
43 Ancient Greek philosophy 333k 46.0 60.8% Literary genre
44 Philosophical fiction 332k 34.3 79.9% Literary genre
45 Gothic fiction 327k 42.8 61.2% Literary genre
46 Seinen manga 323k 28.6 48.0% Literary genre
47 Memoir 286k 41.1 69.7% Literary genre
48 Extended essay 284k 38.8 54.8% Literary genre
49 Romantic thriller 261k 48.8 71.9% Literary genre
50 Medieval literature 260k 46.9 60.0% Literary genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy 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 Italy?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 16M people in Italy.

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