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Top 100 Musicals in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musicals in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 174 musicals tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cats (musical), Hair (musical) and Capriccio (opera) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 112k, and the largest, Cats (musical), reaches around 1.3M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each musical, 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 Hamilton (musical) 113k 32.3 55.5% Musical
27 Pagliacci 112k 44.6 58.1%
28 Beauty and the Beast (musical) 111k 36.7 72.3%
29 The Aristocats 109k 40.2 62.3% Musical
30 Dance of the Vampires 104k 27.9 100.0%
31 Riverdance 98k 39.2 62.3% Musical
32 Delirium (Cirque du Soleil) 97k 36.9 62.2%
33 Un ballo in maschera 96k 38.5 58.5%
34 Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) 95k 44.2 42.7%
35 Giselle 95k 43.6 62.2%
36 Lord of the Rings (musical) 87k Musical
37 Roméo et Juliette (musical) 87k 35.8 89.4%
38 The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) 79k 41.3 67.7%
39 Happy Camp (variety show) 77k 24.7 84.8%
40 Peter and the Wolf 76k 38.0 100.0%
41 The Book of Mormon (musical) 70k 33.6 58.8%
42 Cabaret (musical) 70k 39.0 50.2%
43 Waitress (Musical) 69k 34.4 43.8%
44 Nabucco 67k 45.5 68.6%
45 Hairspray (musical) 64k 39.6 75.3%
46 Kinky boots 63k 39.4 67.9%
47 Rigoletto 62k 49.5 55.7%
48 The Magic Flute 61k 35.4 48.9%
49 The Bodyguard (musical) 59k 46.1 75.6%
50 Alegría (Cirque du Soleil) 57k 39.3 49.2%

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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 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 in Italy?

Cats (musical) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.3M people in Italy.

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