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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
51 Turandot 51k 51.4 75.2%
52 The Cherry Orchard 49k 43.8 44.8% Musical
53 Lucia di Lammermoor 48k 48.4 56.1%
54 Footloose (musical) 46k 42.7 74.5% Musical
55 We Will Rock You (musical) 46k 41.4 57.2%
56 Guys and Dolls 46k 38.9 40.0%
57 Don Quixote (ballet) 44k 41.0 62.8%
58 Milk and Honey (musical) 42k 44.5 61.5%
59 Rock of Ages (musical) 37k 43.2 56.5%
60 Blue Man Group 37k 45.5 64.1% Musical
61 Jesus Christ Superstar 37k 51.1 81.3% Musical
62 Dreamgirls 36k 39.8 51.1% Musical
63 The Imaginary Invalid 35k 52.7 76.9%
64 Follies 34k 29.4 24.5%
65 Macbeth (opera) 34k 48.1 64.0% Musical
66 Coppélia 33k 44.7 59.5%
67 We Will Rock You 33k 45.8 60.3%
68 Elisabeth (musical) 32k 36.5 100.0%
69 The Tempest (opera) 32k 26.5 90.3%
70 Matilda the Musical 31k 36.3 54.1% Musical
71 The Rocky Horror Show 31k 43.6 43.6% Musical
72 Little Shop of Horrors (musical) 30k 37.7 84.7% Musical
73 You and Me (Peking opera) 29k 26.0 50.9%
74 Legally Blonde (musical) 28k 36.6 80.4%
75 Tarzan (musical) 28k 30.7 58.8% Musical

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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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