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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
76 American Chinese cuisine 38k 38.2 86.0% Cuisine
77 Austrian cuisine 38k 40.1 56.5% Cuisine
78 Italian American cuisine 27k 27.1 56.9% Cuisine
79 Mongolian cuisine 24k 34.0 46.0% Cuisine
80 Comida Peruana 23k 34.5 78.6% Cuisine
81 Swedish cuisine 19k 35.3 100.0% Cuisine
82 Mirepoix (cuisine) 17k 28.7 81.3% Cuisine
83 Meze 14k 39.1 46.6% Cuisine
84 Cambodian cuisine 12k 27.9 53.2% Cuisine
85 Persian Food 11k 21.7 100.0% Cuisine
86 Finnish cuisine 11k 46.1 70.4% Cuisine
87 Burmese cuisine 10k 25.2 25.1% Cuisine
88 New Zealand cuisine 9.8k 37.8 69.0% Cuisine
89 Egyptian cuisine 9.5k 30.9 39.6% Cuisine
90 Georgian cuisine 8.5k 41.6 59.1% Cuisine
91 Danish cuisine 8.1k 43.7 64.6% Cuisine
92 Mongolian barbecue 7.8k 37.3 68.3% Cuisine
93 Hungarian cuisine 6.6k 40.8 65.0% Cuisine
94 Traditional food 6.5k 41.1 71.2% Cuisine
95 Molecular gastronomy 5.7k 41.3 68.4% Cuisine
96 Peranakan cuisine 5.5k 35.0 69.1% Cuisine
97 Hunan cuisine 4.8k 44.3 52.9% Cuisine
98 Gujarati cuisine 4.8k 30.8 58.8% Cuisine
99 Tunisian cuisine 4.6k 34.7 82.2% Cuisine
100 Rodízio 3.9k 32.0 64.6% 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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