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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
26 Apostolic Church (denomination) 1.1k 43.3 65.3% Church
27 Calvary Baptist Church (Manhattan) 1.1k 46.6 73.5% Church
28 Church of Ireland 669 49.2 78.2% Church
29 Christ Fellowship 657 40.1 71.4% Church
30 Universal Church of the Kingdom of God 646 36.0 56.2% Church
31 Georgian Orthodox Church 612 46.1 100.0% Church
32 Philippine Independent Church 428 26.5 62.4% Church
33 Catholic Church in the United States 385 48.1 65.8% Church
34 Grace Bible Church. 355 42.2 70.8% Church
35 Apostolic Faith Church 335 46.9 68.4% Church
36 Fellowship Church 319 44.7 68.3% Church
37 Protestant Church in the Netherlands 296 45.2 75.0% Church
38 God is Love Pentecostal Church 256 35.7 75.2% Church
39 Jehovah's witness church 249 39.6 69.2% Church
40 International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 201 34.4 62.7% Church
41 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne 43 35.6 46.5% 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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