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Top 86 Gaming genres in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 86 largest gaming genres in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Video games, Online games and Role-playing games lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 45M people. Across all 86 entries the average audience size is 3.1M, and the largest, Video games, reaches around 20M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each gaming genre, 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 86, 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
1 Video games 20M 32.5 45.8% Gaming genre
2 Online games 13M 36.3 41.0% Gaming genre
3 Role-playing games 13M 31.4 44.5% Gaming genre
4 Mobile game 11M 34.3 44.9% Gaming genre
5 Online gambling 11M 37.1 58.1% Gaming genre
6 Action-adventure game 11M 29.6 38.6% Gaming genre
7 Slot machine 11M 37.1 56.7% Gaming genre
8 Adventure game 10M 30.2 38.6% Gaming genre
9 Online poker 10M 36.7 59.5% Gaming genre
10 Action role-playing game 9.2M 29.4 43.0% Gaming genre
11 Sweepstakes 8.6M 37.0 61.6% Gaming genre
12 Action games 8.4M 33.4 33.7% Gaming genre
13 Casino games 8M 36.8 59.1% Gaming genre
14 Massively multiplayer online role-playing games 7.6M 31.6 41.3% Gaming genre
15 Strategy games 6.9M 32.1 40.1% Gaming genre
16 First-person shooter games 6.7M 35.5 40.8% Gaming genre
17 Collectible card game 6.7M 30.4 41.4% Gaming genre
18 Puzzle video games 6.2M 37.0 52.3% Gaming genre
19 Massively multiplayer online games 6M 32.5 40.2% Gaming genre
20 Tabletop game 5.9M 30.8 41.2% Gaming genre
21 Real-time strategy 5.9M 30.3 37.0% Gaming genre
22 Card games 5.5M 33.1 53.1% Gaming genre
23 Board games 5.5M 32.1 43.7% Gaming genre
24 Retrogaming 5.1M 32.0 49.6% Gaming genre
25 Simulation games 4.4M 35.0 41.9% Gaming genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 86 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each gaming genre 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 gaming genre in Japan?

Video games currently leads with an estimated audience of 20M people in Japan.

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