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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
51 Sergei Prokofiev 9.2k 29.0 57.8% Classical music
52 Anoushka Shankar 8.3k 29.7 42.6% Classical music
53 Giacomo Puccini 7.8k 29.6 56.8% Classical music
54 Fazıl Say 7.2k 44.3 52.6% Classical music
55 Claudio Abbado 7.1k 46.2 53.3% Classical music
56 Alexander Rybak 7.1k 37.5 76.9% Classical music
57 Jean-Baptiste Lully 6.9k 41.4 78.4% Classical music
58 Alfie Boe 6.4k 34.3 59.0% Classical music
59 Gaetano Donizetti 6.2k 32.5 63.1% Classical music
60 Luka Šulić 6k 43.4 54.6% Classical music
61 Lisa Batiashvili 5.9k 51.8 16.6% Classical music
62 Nino Rota 5.8k 45.2 39.5% Classical music
63 Henry Purcell 5.6k 40.0 67.0% Classical music
64 Fito Páez 4.9k 44.1 40.2% Classical music
65 Arnold Schoenberg 4.6k 49.9 48.1% Classical music
66 Gabriel Fauré 4.5k 52.8 77.7% Classical music
67 Igor Levit 4k 34.3 63.3% Classical music
68 Felix Mendelssohn 4k 28.5 53.8% Classical music
69 Umm Kulthum 3.9k 29.0 62.4% Classical music
70 Nicola Benedetti 3.7k 42.3 54.9% Classical music
71 Alma Deutscher 3.2k 34.9 60.5% Classical music
72 Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 3.1k 25.4 17.3% Classical music
73 Hector Berlioz 2.9k 35.4 66.3% Classical music
74 Gilbert and Sullivan 2.8k 45.0 61.2% Classical music
75 Alexandre Kantorow 2.6k 35.1 58.2% 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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