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Top 100 Bands in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest bands in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.2k bands tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. AKB48, Fun and Hey! Say! JUMP lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 22M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.4M, and the largest, AKB48, reaches around 8.3M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each band, 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
26 Mindless Self Indulgence 1.6M 32.4 30.7% Band
27 Lush (band) 1.5M Band
28 2PM 1.5M 29.7 71.8% Band
29 TM Network 1.5M 24.6 59.2% Band
30 X Japan 1.4M 27.8 52.5% Band
31 Girls' Generation-TTS 1.4M 33.8 78.1% Band
32 Air (French band) 1.4M 39.1 45.4% Band
33 Man with a Mission 1.3M 30.3 63.9% Band
34 Yellow Magic Orchestra 1.3M 48.6 15.6% Band
35 Failure (band) 1.3M 39.0 8.5% Band
36 ITZY 1.2M 29.4 74.6% Band
37 Spica (band) 1.2M 28.4 100.0% Band
38 Muse (band) 1.2M 30.0 56.4% Band
39 XYZ (US band) 1.2M 42.5 44.5% Band
40 RÜFÜS 1.1M 31.8 22.5% Band
41 Dir En Grey 1.1M 38.3 64.9% Band
42 Queen (band) 1.1M 32.2 56.0% Band
43 Sparks (band) 1.1M 40.3 66.1% Band
44 ClariS 1M 37.0 61.0% Band
45 Acid Black Cherry 1M 27.0 69.4% Band
46 Porter (band) 1M Band
47 AC/DC 982k 31.3 54.4% Band
48 Idles 934k 29.2 47.7% Band
49 M.O.D. 913k 35.8 58.6% Band
50 Goldie Lookin Chain 852k 33.5 43.1% Band

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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 band 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 band in Japan?

AKB48 currently leads with an estimated audience of 8.3M people in Japan.

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