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Top 100 Beers in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest beers in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 249 beers tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Sapporo Brewery, Asahi Breweries and Guinness lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 59k, and the largest, Sapporo Brewery, reaches around 1.4M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each beer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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 Penn Brewery 45k 43.3 49.3% Beer
27 Bud Light 41k 31.1 49.1% Beer
28 Skol 40k 36.9 49.8% Beer
29 Hoegaarden Brewery 39k 33.6 47.0% Beer
30 Saint Louis Brewery 35k 38.1 45.9% Beer
31 Strongbow (cider) 33k 32.0 65.9% Beer
32 Harpoon Brewery 32k 47.8 84.2% Beer
33 Birra Moretti 31k 40.4 59.8% Beer
34 Tiger Beer 31k 28.5 38.9% Beer
35 Cristal 30k 40.3 48.0% Beer
36 Archipelago Brewery 30k Beer
37 Orval Brewery 29k 48.0 100.0% Beer
38 Michelob ULTRA 29k 28.4 61.8% Beer
39 Pilsner Urquell 27k 30.4 45.5% Beer
40 Anheuser-Busch InBev 26k 41.2 50.5% Beer
41 John Smith's Brewery 26k 35.6 16.2% Beer
42 Erdinger 24k 24.6 47.9% Beer
43 Warsteiner 22k 33.9 34.3% Beer
44 Orval 22k 40.3 48.0% Beer
45 Pilsner Urquell Brewery 21k 46.2 6.9% Beer
46 Hite Brewery 16k 30.2 44.1% Beer
47 Kingfisher 15k 34.2 63.4% Beer
48 Kronenbourg Brewery 13k 42.6 37.4% Beer
49 Bell's Brewery 13k 28.6 50.3% Beer
50 Chimay Brewery 11k 39.9 32.0% Beer

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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 beer 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 beer in Japan?

Sapporo Brewery currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in Japan.

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