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Top 100 Music & Radio audiences in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music & radio audiences in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 33k music & radio audiences tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Global Underground, Live events and Don Quixote lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 142M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 11M, and the largest, Global Underground, reaches around 57M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each music & radio audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan 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 Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. 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 Japan, 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 Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Aespa 8.6M 29.6 74.1% K-pop
52 Doda (singer) 8.5M 31.1 41.4% Pop
53 Singer-songwriter 8.5M 33.6 55.7% Musical genre
54 Ado 8.4M 31.5 60.6% Pop
55 AKB48 8.3M 31.5 65.9% Band
56 ITunes 8.3M 35.7 53.0% TV / music streaming
57 Summer Sonic Festival 8.3M 30.0 57.8% Music festival
58 hmv 8M 35.8 53.1% Concert venue
59 Music festivals 8M 32.5 55.5%
60 Electric guitar 7.9M 34.4 48.2%
61 Funk 7.8M 29.8 48.9% Musical genre
62 Drums 7.5M 37.2 47.8%
63 Modern dance 7.4M 32.5 67.1% Musical genre
64 NiziU 7.3M 31.5 60.6% Pop
65 Christian hip hop 7.1M 27.4 56.1% Musical genre
66 Boy band 6.9M 27.2 73.8%
67 Japanese hip hop 6.8M 27.2 45.0% Musical genre
68 Dancehalls 6.8M 33.2 59.5%
69 YOASOBI 6.8M 35.1 54.1% Singer-songwriter
70 Baroque pop 6.7M 34.2 59.3% Musical genre
71 African-American music 6.6M 35.9 41.0% Musical genre
72 Soul music 6.5M 33.1 55.0% Musical genre
73 LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987) 6.4M 31.2 65.7% Singer-songwriter
74 Alternative hip hop 6.4M 29.4 47.2% Musical genre
75 Contemporary R&B 6.3M 30.4 61.8% Musical genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

Global Underground currently leads with an estimated audience of 57M people in Japan.

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