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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
51 Fox Terrier 107k 45.1 100.0% Dog breed
52 Shar Pei 101k 53.3 64.3% Dog breed
53 Vizsla 96k 48.7 82.9% Dog breed
54 German Shorthaired Pointer 96k 36.7 68.2% Dog breed
55 Old English Sheepdog 92k 51.2 76.5% Dog breed
56 Cairn Terrier 72k 50.5 73.6% Dog breed
57 Great Pyrenees 63k 51.5 75.9% Dog breed
58 Rat Terrier 62k 46.1 100.0% Dog breed
59 Whippet 52k 44.4 69.3% Dog breed
60 Coton de Tulear 43k 28.6 83.0% Dog breed
61 Japanese Spitz 40k 51.6 70.6% Dog breed
62 Bichon Frisé 38k 35.9 74.8% Dog breed
63 Tibetan Mastiff 28k 33.0 63.8% Dog breed
64 Irish Setter 25k 51.2 69.9% Dog breed
65 Cesar 19k 38.6 66.2% Dog breed
66 Saluki 16k 53.1 67.8% Dog breed
67 German Pinscher 16k 50.3 100.0% Dog breed
68 Dogo Argentino 15k 29.9 64.8% Dog breed
69 Miniature Dachshund 15k 31.6 70.2% Dog breed
70 Rhodesian Ridgeback 15k 36.4 85.5% Dog breed
71 Airedale Terrier 13k 50.7 73.7% Dog breed
72 Leonberger 13k 51.3 67.8% Dog breed
73 Wire Fox Terrier 12k 50.3 73.0% Dog breed
74 Caucasian Shepherd Dog 12k 36.7 70.6% Dog breed
75 Chinese Crested Dog 11k 43.2 82.6% 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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