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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
51 Comic science fiction 244k 34.0 38.5% Literary genre
52 Russian literature 220k 39.3 59.0% Literary genre
53 Regency romance 192k 43.9 77.9% Literary genre
54 Dystopia 189k 39.3 62.7% Literary genre
55 Paperback 185k 41.8 49.2% Literary genre
56 Bildungsroman 168k 35.9 64.4% Literary genre
57 French literature 161k 45.5 67.3% Literary genre
58 American literature 160k 43.9 51.2% Literary genre
59 Historical mystery 158k 43.0 54.0% Literary genre
60 English poetry 138k 37.9 62.1% Literary genre
61 Furry fandom 138k 36.7 55.0% Literary genre
62 Legal thriller 137k 42.5 50.6% Literary genre
63 Medieval fantasy 119k 40.1 57.7% Literary genre
64 World literature 117k 48.7 58.0% Literary genre
65 Supernatural fiction 115k 34.4 50.9% Literary genre
66 Chinese literature 109k 44.9 59.6% Literary genre
67 Political satire 104k 43.5 48.4% Literary genre
68 Japanese mythology 92k 32.4 37.0% Literary genre
69 Continental philosophy 91k 36.7 53.6% Literary genre
70 Spy fiction 91k 45.9 49.9% Literary genre
71 Nautical fiction 84k 40.2 58.3% Literary genre
72 Autobiographical novel 83k 44.5 67.8% Literary genre
73 Hindi literature 78k 46.2 59.0% Literary genre
74 Fan fiction 76k 28.8 63.3% Literary genre
75 Literary fiction 73k 40.7 75.2% 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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