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Top 100 Musical genres in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 779 musical genres tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rock music, Pop music and Rhythm and blues music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 58M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4.9M, and the largest, Rock music, reaches around 22M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each musical 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 Reggae 5.7M 36.8 48.5% Musical genre
27 Pop rock 5.6M 35.4 56.2% Musical genre
28 Disco 5M 36.3 50.5% Musical genre
29 Electro (music) 4.6M Musical genre
30 Folk music 4.5M 44.3 47.5% Musical genre
31 World music 4.4M 39.8 52.1% Musical genre
32 Indie pop 4.4M 31.7 56.0% Musical genre
33 New wave music 4.3M 37.3 45.6% Musical genre
34 Reggaeton 4.2M 33.1 51.8% Musical genre
35 Alternative hip hop 4.1M 29.4 42.6% Musical genre
36 East Coast hip hop 4.1M 27.5 39.2% Musical genre
37 Electronica 4M 34.9 47.9% Musical genre
38 Baroque pop 3.9M 34.5 56.4% Musical genre
39 American rock 3.9M 37.6 57.6% Musical genre
40 New-age music 3.8M 41.0 48.1% Musical genre
41 Tech house 3.8M 33.9 42.9% Musical genre
42 Bounce music 3.8M 27.4 36.8% Musical genre
43 Independent music 3.7M 35.1 52.0% Musical genre
44 Latin pop 3.6M 36.1 63.0% Musical genre
45 Kenyan hip hop 3.5M 27.3 37.0% Musical genre
46 American folk music 3.4M 39.7 50.9% Musical genre
47 Latin music (genre) 3.4M 36.9 57.3% Musical genre
48 Jazz fusion 3.4M 40.3 55.0% Musical genre
49 West Coast hip hop 3.2M 29.4 42.6% Musical genre
50 Vocal music 3.2M 39.9 47.0% Musical 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 musical 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 musical genre in Italy?

Rock music currently leads with an estimated audience of 22M people in Italy.

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