Top 50 Music & Radio brands in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest music & radio brands in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 32,658 music & radio brands tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Global Underground, Live events and Canvas lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 158,921,722 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 16,375,001, and the largest, Global Underground, reaches around 56,502,225 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each music & radio brand, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank Name Audience size Country share Subtype Category
1 Global Underground Global Underground 56,502,225 93.5% Music & Radio
2 Live events Live events 56,162,575 6.9% Lifestyle cluster Music & Radio
3 Canvas Canvas 46,256,922 3.9% Concert venue Music & Radio
4 Don Quixote Don Quixote 28,568,237 80.8% Concert venue Music & Radio
5 K-pop K-pop 25,429,011 14.0% Musical genre Music & Radio
6 BTS BTS 25,187,230 27.8% K-pop Music & Radio
7 Popular music Popular music 23,584,622 6.5% Musical genre Music & Radio
8 J-pop J-pop 22,374,634 25.8% Musical genre Music & Radio
9 Rock music Rock music 21,053,127 4.4% Musical genre Music & Radio
10 Pop music Pop music 20,251,155 4.4% Musical genre Music & Radio
11 Café 18,562,171 10.0% Concert venue Music & Radio
12 Parties Parties 17,943,894 4.8% TV series Music & Radio
13 Hip hop music Hip hop music 16,207,533 4.0% Musical genre Music & Radio
14 Electronic music Electronic music 16,157,557 4.1% Lifestyle cluster Music & Radio
15 Concerts Concerts 15,138,290 4.4% Record label Music & Radio
16 Heavy metal music Heavy metal music 15,066,102 4.7% Record label Music & Radio
17 Classical music Classical music 14,907,723 5.0% Musical genre Music & Radio
18 Jazz music Jazz music 14,742,414 4.8% Musical genre Music & Radio
19 Music videos Music videos 14,298,782 3.5% Music & Radio
20 Korean hip hop Korean hip hop 13,826,373 12.8% Musical genre Music & Radio
21 Alternative rock Alternative rock 13,742,539 6.0% Musical genre Music & Radio
22 Livemusic Livemusic 13,308,624 8.6% Music & Radio
23 Festival Festival 13,236,241 5.8% Music & Radio
24 Girls' Generation Girls' Generation 12,904,714 27.8% Music & Radio
25 Mrs. GREEN APPLE Mrs. GREEN APPLE 12,467,377 98.1% Pop Music & Radio
26 CAT 12,128,031 12.5% Concert venue Music & Radio
27 Rhythm and blues music Rhythm and blues music 12,104,011 3.6% Musical genre Music & Radio
28 Rock and roll Rock and roll 11,931,049 5.1% Musical genre Music & Radio
29 Punk rock Punk rock 11,883,772 7.2% Musical genre Music & Radio
30 Ballet Ballet 11,794,648 8.1% Music & Radio
31 Dance music Dance music 11,691,076 6.0% Musical genre Music & Radio
32 Guitar Guitar 11,410,473 5.9% Musical instrument Music & Radio
33 Blues music Blues music 11,354,856 3.9% Musical genre Music & Radio
34 AKB48 AKB48 11,236,558 90.2% Band Music & Radio
35 Kenyan hip hop Kenyan hip hop 11,072,847 13.5% Musical genre Music & Radio
36 Indie rock Indie rock 11,066,807 8.6% Musical genre Music & Radio
37 Apple Music Apple Music 11,041,904 13.6% TV / music streaming Music & Radio
38 Theatre Theatre 10,922,319 4.7% Music & Radio
39 Artist Artist 10,881,511 7.5% Music & Radio
40 Pop rock Pop rock 10,759,526 11.3% Musical genre Music & Radio
41 Nightclubs Nightclubs 10,733,449 4.5% Music & Radio
42 East Coast hip hop East Coast hip hop 10,564,672 8.7% Musical genre Music & Radio
43 Bounce music Bounce music 10,552,377 9.3% Musical genre Music & Radio
44 JO1 JO1 10,478,893 97.3% Pop Music & Radio
45 Switched Switched 10,244,408 33.7% Metal Music & Radio
46 japanese music japanese music 10,239,962 66.7% Musical genre Music & Radio
47 Singing Singing 9,582,285 4.7% Music & Radio
48 Musical instrument Musical instrument 9,461,012 4.2% Music & Radio
49 BE:FIRST BE:FIRST 8,943,010 98.7% Pop Music & Radio
50 XG XG 8,790,568 85.5% K-pop Music & Radio

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each music & radio brand 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 music & radio brand in Japan?

Global Underground currently leads with an estimated audience of 56,502,225 people in Japan.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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