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Top 100 Cuisines in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cuisines in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 142 cuisines tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Japanese cuisine, Italian cuisine and Chinese cuisine lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 64M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.2M, and the largest, Japanese cuisine, reaches around 24M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each cuisine, 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 Cuisine of the United States 589k 42.2 52.7% Cuisine
27 Philippine cuisine 546k 39.5 70.6% Cuisine
28 Indonesian cuisine 518k 34.7 64.4% Cuisine
29 Portuguese cuisine 469k 32.9 66.6% Cuisine
30 Taiwanese cuisine 468k 41.7 57.6% Cuisine
31 Arab cuisine 468k 30.8 50.1% Cuisine
32 Peruvian cuisine 430k 31.1 75.6% Cuisine
33 Malaysian cuisine 331k 33.7 66.7% Cuisine
34 Lebanese cuisine 298k 30.7 63.9% Cuisine
35 Szechuan cuisine 251k 35.0 56.6% Cuisine
36 Brazilian cuisine 250k 39.2 65.9% Cuisine
37 European cuisine 231k 35.7 51.5% Cuisine
38 Global cuisine 216k 37.7 56.1% Cuisine
39 African cuisine 203k 33.0 62.3% Cuisine
40 Pakistani cuisine 196k 33.4 61.0% Cuisine
41 Ethiopian cuisine 177k 38.6 58.4% Cuisine
42 South Asian cuisine 159k 30.1 66.9% Cuisine
43 Cajun cuisine 157k 29.7 69.2% Cuisine
44 Syrian cuisine 155k 35.0 66.7% Cuisine
45 Polish cuisine 137k 37.3 55.4% Cuisine
46 Romanian cuisine 136k 34.9 100.0% Cuisine
47 Tamil cuisine 135k 34.8 56.4% Cuisine
48 Fusion cuisine 132k 38.2 63.8% Cuisine
49 Punjabi cuisine 130k 31.0 56.4% Cuisine
50 Bengali cuisine 122k 37.0 65.4% Cuisine

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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 cuisine 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 cuisine in Japan?

Japanese cuisine currently leads with an estimated audience of 24M people in Japan.

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