Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular 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 2.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 113k, and the largest, Cats (musical), reaches around 1.2M 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
51 Alegría (Cirque du Soleil) 56k 39.3 49.2%
52 Turandot 54k 51.4 75.2%
53 Don Quixote (ballet) 53k 41.0 62.8%
54 The Cherry Orchard 49k 43.8 44.8% Musical
55 Lucia di Lammermoor 48k 48.4 56.1%
56 Footloose (musical) 48k 42.7 74.5% Musical
57 We Will Rock You (musical) 46k 41.4 57.2%
58 Guys and Dolls 45k 38.9 40.0%
59 Milk and Honey (musical) 42k 44.5 61.5%
60 Rock of Ages (musical) 38k 43.2 56.5%
61 Blue Man Group 37k 45.5 64.1% Musical
62 The Imaginary Invalid 36k 52.7 76.9%
63 Dreamgirls 36k 39.8 51.1% Musical
64 Follies 34k 29.4 24.5%
65 We Will Rock You 33k 45.8 60.3%
66 Jesus Christ Superstar 33k 51.1 81.3% Musical
67 Coppélia 33k 44.7 59.5%
68 Elisabeth (musical) 33k 36.5 100.0%
69 Matilda the Musical 32k 36.3 54.1% Musical
70 The Tempest (opera) 32k 35.3 87.5%
71 Macbeth (opera) 31k 48.1 64.0% Musical
72 Little Shop of Horrors (musical) 31k 37.7 84.7% Musical
73 The Rocky Horror Show 31k 43.6 43.6% Musical
74 You and Me (Peking opera) 29k 26.0 50.9%
75 Legally Blonde (musical) 28k 36.6 80.4%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musicals 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 1.2M people in Italy.

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