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Top 100 Comedies in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest comedies in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 253 comedies tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Slacker, Neighbors and Brüno lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 190k, and the largest, Slacker, reaches around 5.6M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each comedy, 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
1 Slacker 5.6M 42.1 60.9% Comedy
2 Neighbors 1.9M 31.4 89.1% Comedy
3 Brüno 1.1M 23.4 67.4% Comedy
4 Honest (TV series) 892k 45.9 23.6% Comedy
5 Fridays (TV series) 798k 22.1 53.0% Comedy
6 Good Luck (TV series) 693k 38.6 55.1% Comedy
7 Pan (2015 film) 685k 23.7 74.5% Comedy
8 Baby's Day Out 633k 33.0 79.7% Comedy
9 Wasabi (film) 572k 32.0 55.1% Comedy
10 Mean Girls 487k 27.4 45.0% Comedy
11 Back to the Future 371k 38.4 29.6% Comedy
12 The Devil Wears Prada (film) 342k 29.1 65.0% Comedy
13 Sky High (2005 film) 283k 40.6 58.5% Comedy
14 Mr. Bean 224k 28.8 52.2% Comedy
15 Home Alone 202k 31.3 63.2% Comedy
16 Forrest Gump 181k 30.2 44.1% Comedy
17 Jack (1996 film) 152k Comedy
18 Home Alone (franchise) 151k 41.9 74.0% Comedy
19 Ghostbusters 135k 50.0 8.4% Comedy
20 Upright Citizens Brigade 116k 29.1 84.1% Comedy
21 Dazed and Confused 114k 34.9 57.9% Comedy
22 Welcome Back (film) 111k 22.2 78.5% Comedy
23 Confessions of a Shopaholic (film) 95k 28.1 41.8% Comedy
24 Maron 91k 38.4 88.7% Comedy
25 The Internship 91k 32.2 45.6% Comedy

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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 comedy 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 comedy in Japan?

Slacker currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.6M people in Japan.

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