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Top 41 Churches in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 41 largest churches in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. African Methodist Episcopal Church, Iglesia ni Cristo and Christ's Commission Fellowship lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 383k people. Across all 41 entries the average audience size is 12k, and the largest, African Methodist Episcopal Church, reaches around 226k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each church, 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 41, 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 African Methodist Episcopal Church 226k 45.2 69.7% Church
2 Iglesia ni Cristo 88k 37.1 78.8% Church
3 Christ's Commission Fellowship 69k 34.8 86.5% Church
4 North Point 22k 42.6 56.2% Church
5 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 13k 46.6 72.4% Church
6 Church of the Holy Sepulchre 8.2k 45.4 64.9% Church
7 Calvary Chapel 7.2k 47.4 69.0% Church
8 Greek Orthodox Church 5.6k 31.7 64.3% Church
9 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 5.6k 43.0 68.1% Church
10 Nondenominational Christianity 4.1k 46.3 71.5% Church
11 Non-denominational 4k 45.7 70.5% Church
12 Lakewood Church 3k 47.0 73.1% Church
13 Canção Nova 2.9k 38.8 76.6% Church
14 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 2.8k 41.2 67.3% Church
15 First Baptist Church (Atlanta) 2.7k 44.7 72.8% Church
16 Saddleback Church 2.4k 45.9 76.2% Church
17 United Church of Christ 2.4k 44.7 68.7% Church
18 Armenian Apostolic Church 2.2k 40.5 61.5% Church
19 Congregational church 2k 39.8 67.9% Church
20 Assemblies of god church 2k 36.6 55.8% Church
21 City Harvest Church 1.7k 34.4 55.3% Church
22 Gateway Church (Texas) 1.6k 44.2 72.6% Church
23 Romanian Orthodox Church 1.5k 45.4 80.1% Church
24 New Life Church (Colorado Springs, Colorado) 1.4k 43.8 70.5% Church
25 Jesus is Lord Church 1.3k 42.8 63.0% Church

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 41 list compiled?

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

African Methodist Episcopal Church currently leads with an estimated audience of 226k people in Japan.

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