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Top 100 Dog breeds in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest dog breeds in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 152 dog breeds tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Poodle, French Bulldog and Yorkshire Terrier lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 52M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.6M, and the largest, Poodle, reaches around 19M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each dog breed, 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 Jack Russell Terrier 1.2M 43.1 69.5% Dog breed
27 Pembroke Welsh Corgi 784k 44.0 73.7% Dog breed
28 American Bulldog 728k 46.8 67.7% Dog breed
29 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 385k 41.1 72.5% Dog breed
30 Chow Chow 367k 34.3 69.1% Dog breed
31 English Cocker Spaniel 344k 44.1 61.7% Dog breed
32 Cardigan Welsh Corgi 318k 48.4 69.4% Dog breed
33 Lhasa Apso 289k 51.2 71.5% Dog breed
34 King Charles Spaniel 265k 30.5 58.6% Dog breed
35 American Cocker Spaniel 252k 42.3 58.3% Dog breed
36 West Highland White Terrier 246k 44.7 75.6% Dog breed
37 Miniature Pinscher 227k 45.2 75.1% Dog breed
38 Pekingese 183k 38.5 73.5% Dog breed
39 English Springer Spaniel 177k 42.2 70.1% Dog breed
40 Giant Schnauzer 174k 47.9 91.7% Dog breed
41 Scottish Terrier 163k 47.8 75.8% Dog breed
42 Basset Hound 160k 50.7 69.3% Dog breed
43 Italian Greyhound 154k 42.2 67.9% Dog breed
44 Bully Dog 150k 40.0 60.6% Dog breed
45 Irish Wolfhound 148k 48.2 89.1% Dog breed
46 Collie 144k 51.1 67.7% Dog breed
47 Standard Schnauzer 140k 48.5 84.2% Dog breed
48 Shetland Sheepdog 132k 45.5 76.1% Dog breed
49 Weimaraner 129k 47.4 72.5% Dog breed
50 Australian Cattle Dog 111k 39.5 71.3% Dog breed

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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 dog breed 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 dog breed in Japan?

Poodle currently leads with an estimated audience of 19M people in Japan.

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