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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
51 Little Creatures Brewery 11k 35.6 47.4% Beer
52 Shiner 10k 39.1 50.3% Beer
53 Westvleteren Brewery 10k 46.5 15.9% Beer
54 Clausthaler 10k 38.5 46.0% Beer
55 Flying Dog Brewery 9.8k 37.5 36.1% Beer
56 Big Rock Brewery 9.6k 40.4 40.9% Beer
57 Royal Oak Brewery 9.2k Beer
58 Breckenridge Brewery 9.2k 46.7 73.0% Beer
59 Duvel 8k 38.4 29.4% Beer
60 Grolsch Brewery 7.2k 38.1 31.8% Beer
61 Lindemans Brewery 6.7k 44.7 51.4% Beer
62 Dark Star Brewery 6.5k Beer
63 Heineken 6.3k 37.8 57.2% Beer
64 Hahn Brewery 5.4k 29.0 10.3% Beer
65 Oettinger 5.3k 40.4 48.4% Beer
66 Bitburger 5.2k 37.1 25.6% Beer
67 Budweiser 5.1k 37.3 54.2% Beer
68 Estrella Damm 4k 43.0 46.9% Beer
69 Kopparbergs Brewery 4k 44.7 48.3% Beer
70 Molson Coors Brewing Company 4k 48.4 26.9% Beer
71 Caledonian Brewery 3.7k Beer
72 Liefmans Brewery 3.6k 33.7 100.0% Beer
73 Amstel Brewery 3.3k 38.4 54.5% Beer
74 Flensburger 3.2k 40.3 48.0% Beer
75 Tripel Karmeliet 3.1k 40.3 48.0% 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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