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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
51 K-pop 3.2M 34.6 56.9% Musical genre
52 Electroacoustic music 3.2M 34.5 25.9% Musical genre
53 Christian hip hop 3.1M 30.8 45.7% Musical genre
54 Canzone Napoletana 3.1M 43.0 50.9% Musical genre
55 Deep house 2.9M 33.8 43.6% Musical genre
56 Acid rock 2.9M 34.7 48.2% Musical genre
57 Hi-NRG 2.8M 34.6 44.8% Musical genre
58 Music school 2.7M 40.3 45.4% Musical genre
59 Modern dance 2.7M 40.2 70.8% Musical genre
60 Underground hip hop 2.6M 28.3 42.3% Musical genre
61 Garage rock 2.6M 36.7 46.3% Musical genre
62 Southern hip hop 2.5M 30.2 41.9% Musical genre
63 Hardcore punk 2.5M 31.6 49.8% Musical genre
64 British hip hop 2.5M 31.6 45.6% Musical genre
65 French hip hop 2.4M 30.3 42.6% Musical genre
66 Afrobeat 2.4M 33.7 40.7% Musical genre
67 Italian hip hop 2.4M 29.4 43.9% Musical genre
68 Korean hip hop 2.3M 30.5 52.4% Musical genre
69 Chicano rap 2.3M 31.3 45.3% Musical genre
70 Midwest hip hop 2.3M 30.8 44.6% Musical genre
71 Japanese hip hop 2.2M 31.0 45.7% Musical genre
72 Country rap 2.2M 31.4 45.4% Musical genre
73 Blues rock 2.2M 38.2 40.1% Musical genre
74 Karaoke 2.2M 43.1 52.6% Musical genre
75 Minimal music 2.2M 38.3 48.8% 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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