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Top 100 Comedians in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest comedians in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 466 comedians tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Totò, Earthquake (comedian) and Fluffy lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 103k, and the largest, Totò, reaches around 6M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each comedian, 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 Steve Martin 41k 26.9 69.3% Comedian
27 Vhong Navarro 39k 41.8 52.2% Comedian
28 Jerry Seinfeld 35k 30.2 66.1% Comedian
29 Simon Pegg 35k 30.7 31.0% Comedian
30 Colin Jost 34k 36.0 46.2% Comedian
31 Kamasi Washington 33k 41.0 43.7% Comedian
32 Bill Burr 30k 37.3 82.8% Comedian
33 Louis C.K. 30k 34.2 71.7% Comedian
34 Jon Stewart 29k 42.0 43.4% Comedian
35 Bill Maher 29k 32.7 26.4% Comedian
36 Mike Smith (Bubbles) 28k 25.8 22.6% Comedian
37 Aziz Ansari 27k 27.1 59.5% Comedian
38 Penn & Teller 27k 40.7 43.1% Comedian
39 Kevin James 26k 39.4 58.0% Comedian
40 Zach Galifianakis 24k 27.3 57.0% Comedian
41 Stephen Fry 24k 30.0 60.3% Comedian
42 Danilo Gentili 24k 38.9 48.4% Comedian
43 David Sedaris 23k 44.0 45.0% Comedian
44 John Oliver (comedian) 22k 36.7 56.7% Comedian
45 Larry David 22k 33.2 56.4% Comedian
46 Nikki Glaser 22k 23.2 91.1% Comedian
47 George Lopez 21k 30.4 62.2% Comedian
48 Eddie Izzard 21k 31.8 69.4% Comedian
49 John Mulaney 21k 25.5 57.3% Comedian
50 Nathan Fielder 20k 43.4 39.7% Comedian

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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 comedian 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 comedian in Japan?

Totò currently leads with an estimated audience of 6M people in Japan.

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