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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
51 Jamaican cuisine 119k 33.1 59.7% Cuisine
52 Moroccan cuisine 115k 34.9 68.2% Cuisine
53 Mexican street food 114k 46.8 44.0% Cuisine
54 Japanese Chinese cuisine 113k 42.3 70.7% Cuisine
55 Louisiana Creole cuisine 113k 32.6 73.9% Cuisine
56 Cuban cuisine 111k 29.7 64.9% Cuisine
57 Tex-Mex 105k 36.3 54.6% Cuisine
58 Iraqi cuisine 91k 31.9 79.7% Cuisine
59 Argentine cuisine 85k 34.4 59.9% Cuisine
60 Russian cuisine 83k 38.4 54.9% Cuisine
61 Malay cuisine 73k 31.8 81.1% Cuisine
62 Nepalese cuisine 65k 40.3 49.0% Cuisine
63 Sicilian cuisine 65k 36.4 54.3% Cuisine
64 Irish cuisine 64k 31.6 51.3% Cuisine
65 Korean Chinese cuisine 64k 28.9 71.2% Cuisine
66 Cuisine of Hawaii 63k 47.8 46.7% Cuisine
67 Puerto Rican cuisine 62k 33.9 72.1% Cuisine
68 North Indian cuisine 62k 32.5 60.5% Cuisine
69 South Indian cuisine 61k 31.9 64.7% Cuisine
70 Caribbean cuisine 58k 34.5 52.9% Cuisine
71 English cuisine 57k 38.9 73.1% Cuisine
72 Canadian cuisine 48k 24.6 57.6% Cuisine
73 Haute cuisine 45k 47.3 39.7% Cuisine
74 Israeli cuisine 45k 37.4 66.0% Cuisine
75 Sri Lankan cuisine 42k 40.6 44.6% 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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