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Top 100 Composers in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest composers in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 126 composers tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Pep's, John Bull (composer) and Björk lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 689k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 21k, and the largest, Pep's, reaches around 351k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each composer, 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 Anirudh Ravichander 17k 37.5 52.7% Composer
27 Ralph Vaughan Williams 17k 52.8 60.8% Composer
28 Burt Bacharach 15k 50.8 53.9% Composer
29 Jean-Michel Jarre 15k 33.7 54.1% Composer
30 Giorgio Moroder 13k 42.2 48.5% Composer
31 Yanni 12k 20.5 81.0% Composer
32 Chris Botti 11k 37.4 81.8% Composer
33 George Gershwin 11k 48.4 51.7% Composer
34 Yann Tiersen 11k 30.5 70.8% Composer
35 Daniel Barenboim 10k 41.0 63.7% Composer
36 Stephen Sondheim 9.9k 38.6 58.5% Composer
37 Nosaj Thing 9.5k 29.2 47.4% Composer
38 James Newton Howard 9.4k 34.6 41.7% Composer
39 mc gui 9k 37.9 47.5% Composer
40 G. V. Prakash Kumar 8.8k 41.3 64.1% Composer
41 Keith Emerson 8.4k 49.8 24.3% Composer
42 Alan Silvestri 8.2k 30.1 14.9% Composer
43 John Barry (composer) 8k 50.2 12.0% Composer
44 Mike Patton 7.9k 36.0 29.3% Composer
45 Jordan Rudess 7.7k 38.5 6.4% Composer
46 Richard Rodgers 7.5k 36.6 60.4% Composer
47 Jóhann Jóhannsson 7.1k 30.9 72.7% Composer
48 Edvard Grieg 6.9k 28.3 64.6% Composer
49 Terrace Martin 6.2k 28.1 0.0% Composer
50 Raul Seixas 6k 32.3 48.5% Composer

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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 composer 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 composer in Japan?

Pep's currently leads with an estimated audience of 351k people in Japan.

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