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Top 53 Cheeses in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 53 largest cheeses in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Cheese, Cream cheese and Cheddar cheese lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 10M people. Across all 53 entries the average audience size is 220k, and the largest, Cheese, reaches around 8.7M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each cheese, 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 53, 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 Grana (cheese) 7k 42.6 57.1% Cheese
27 Gruyère cheese 6.3k 34.0 71.9% Cheese
28 Fromage blanc 5.7k 25.6 65.8% Cheese
29 Reblochon 5.7k 43.4 51.5% Cheese
30 Manchego 5.3k 39.0 63.8% Cheese
31 Edam cheese 4.6k 28.0 74.2% Cheese
32 Boursin cheese 4.6k 40.5 72.5% Cheese
33 Pepper jack cheese 3.9k 39.8 62.1% Cheese
34 Vegan cheese 3.8k 36.0 100.0% Cheese
35 Monterey Jack 3.4k 38.1 66.4% Cheese
36 Havarti 3.4k 40.8 75.5% Cheese
37 Stilton cheese 3.3k 37.9 71.7% Cheese
38 Caprice des Dieux 3.1k 35.0 73.3% Cheese
39 Processed cheese 3.1k 34.5 64.6% Cheese
40 Pizza cheese 2.2k 36.2 57.1% Cheese
41 Queso blanco 1.9k 36.8 62.3% Cheese
42 Jarlsberg 1.7k 45.5 61.4% Cheese
43 Wensleydale cheese 1.7k 42.7 80.3% Cheese
44 Jarlsberg cheese 1.6k 48.0 54.6% Cheese
45 Cheese spread 1.3k 31.9 54.9% Cheese
46 Taleggio cheese 1.2k 42.3 58.6% Cheese
47 Apetina 605 38.6 43.5% Cheese
48 Biraghi S.P.A. 575 33.8 71.7% Cheese
49 Kasseri 445 40.6 52.1% Cheese
50 Consorzio Parmigiano reggiano 274 34.6 73.8% Cheese

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 53 list compiled?

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

Cheese currently leads with an estimated audience of 8.7M people in Japan.

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