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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
51 The Wedding Banquet 48k 31.2 78.4% Comedy
52 Conan O’Brien 46k 25.4 55.3% Comedy
53 The Grand Budapest Hotel 42k 32.2 53.8% Comedy
54 Matt Rife 42k 35.2 56.7% Comedy
55 Fantastic Mr. Fox (film) 41k 41.8 52.1% Comedy
56 Pink Flamingos 39k 25.5 90.7% Comedy
57 Bridget Jones's Diary (film) 39k 41.1 80.8% Comedy
58 Back to the Future Part III 37k 47.2 0.0% Comedy
59 Borat 36k 20.9 62.2% Comedy
60 Jack and Jill (film) 34k 26.8 71.3% Comedy
61 Zoolander 33k 23.1 60.7% Comedy
62 Bedtime Stories (film) 33k 23.4 92.7% Comedy
63 Shane Gillis 33k 37.9 46.1% Comedy
64 Police Academy (franchise) 31k 32.8 59.9% Comedy
65 Van Wilder 31k 32.3 60.6% Comedy
66 The Princess Diaries (film) 31k 29.3 66.8% Comedy
67 Picture This (2008 film) 30k Comedy
68 Rhinestone (film) 29k 37.2 83.2% Comedy
69 little monsters 29k 33.8 100.0% Comedy
70 The Princess Diaries 28k 36.4 73.4% Comedy
71 Vice Principals 27k 29.9 60.8% Comedy
72 One Two Three 27k 29.6 54.4% Comedy
73 In Living Color 26k 32.7 77.7% Comedy
74 Creature Comforts 25k 43.6 52.4% Comedy
75 Tammy (film) 25k 20.3 45.3% 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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