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Top 100 Classical musics in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest classical musics in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 104 classical musics tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 469k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 19k, and the largest, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, reaches around 186k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each classical music, 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 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 Leonard Bernstein 23k 50.8 37.9% Classical music
27 Franz Schubert 23k 33.5 64.0% Classical music
28 Gustavo Dudamel 23k 51.1 51.1% Classical music
29 Richard Strauss 22k 48.0 33.0% Classical music
30 Robert Schumann 22k 34.4 53.1% Classical music
31 André Rieu 21k 35.8 56.3% Classical music
32 Vangelis 20k 34.9 24.2% Classical music
33 Gustav Mahler 20k 34.4 47.9% Classical music
34 Edward Elgar 19k 46.0 57.7% Classical music
35 Lang Lang (pianist) 19k 30.8 44.6% Classical music
36 David Garrett (musician) 18k 38.9 77.2% Classical music
37 Sergei Rachmaninoff 18k 35.6 64.4% Classical music
38 Igor Stravinsky 17k 43.6 48.5% Classical music
39 Henry Mancini 17k 45.3 62.9% Classical music
40 Ray Chen 17k 40.5 61.5% Classical music
41 Andre Rieu 16k 35.1 58.2% Classical music
42 Joseph Haydn 16k 34.2 52.2% Classical music
43 Georges Bizet 15k 28.1 63.1% Classical music
44 Benny Goodman 13k 45.7 59.7% Classical music
45 Johann Strauss II 12k 36.9 57.6% Classical music
46 Antonín Dvořák 12k 31.4 51.0% Classical music
47 Johannes Brahms 12k 36.1 56.2% Classical music
48 Seiji Ozawa 11k 47.5 52.1% Classical music
49 George Frideric Handel 10k 32.1 50.1% Classical music
50 Maurizio Pollini 9.6k 45.2 86.4% Classical music

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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 classical music 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 classical music in Japan?

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal currently leads with an estimated audience of 186k people in Japan.

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