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Top 70 Art movements in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 70 largest art movements in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Illustration, Contemporary art and Modern art lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 66M people. Across all 70 entries the average audience size is 2.6M, and the largest, Illustration, reaches around 23M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each art movement, 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 70, 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
1 Illustration 23M 31.9 64.2% Art movement
2 Contemporary art 22M 34.2 65.9% Art movement
3 Modern art 21M 33.8 66.4% Art movement
4 Japanese art 21M 32.0 63.1% Art movement
5 Digital art 19M 32.0 66.3% Art movement
6 Decorative arts 15M 36.0 74.7% Art movement
7 Abstract art 13M 33.9 67.4% Art movement
8 Culinary art 8.5M 36.6 68.6% Art movement
9 Street art 4.9M 28.9 55.0% Art movement
10 Conceptual art 4.5M 33.2 62.8% Art movement
11 Graffiti 2.5M 31.7 46.6% Art movement
12 Video art 2.4M 35.2 46.2% Art movement
13 Ceramic art 2.2M 40.5 74.3% Art movement
14 Pop art 1.9M 35.3 59.3% Art movement
15 Performance art 1.7M 32.7 57.4% Art movement
16 Macro photography 1.7M 39.4 29.0% Art movement
17 Urban art 1.7M 33.1 48.5% Art movement
18 Landscape painting 1.7M 33.1 63.0% Art movement
19 Modernism 1.7M 33.7 54.2% Art movement
20 Graphic arts 1.6M 40.4 47.5% Art movement
21 Art Deco 1.6M 36.9 71.7% Art movement
22 Plastic arts 1.4M 35.1 53.6% Art movement
23 Concept art 1.3M 30.2 58.8% Art movement
24 Figurative art 888k 32.4 62.1% Art movement
25 Folk art 742k 32.2 64.9% Art movement

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 70 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each art movement 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 art movement in Japan?

Illustration currently leads with an estimated audience of 23M people in Japan.

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