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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
26 Tabletop role-playing game 4.3M 30.2 43.4% Gaming genre
27 Turn-based strategy 3.7M 29.3 45.4% Gaming genre
28 Sports games 3.2M 36.6 37.4% Gaming genre
29 Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game 2.8M 26.3 39.6% Gaming genre
30 Racing games 2.7M 38.1 32.7% Gaming genre
31 Casual game 2.6M 33.0 45.4% Gaming genre
32 Exhibition game 2.6M 31.9 61.4% Gaming genre
33 Arcade game 2.5M 31.3 42.5% Gaming genre
34 Word games 1.9M 35.5 52.7% Gaming genre
35 Browser games 1.9M 36.2 44.4% Gaming genre
36 Platform game 1.9M 31.1 47.3% Gaming genre
37 Life simulation game 1.8M 30.0 55.4% Gaming genre
38 Miniature wargaming 1.7M 30.9 42.1% Gaming genre
39 Multiplayer online battle arena 1.7M 28.1 31.1% Gaming genre
40 City-building game 1.3M 29.2 46.9% Gaming genre
41 Third-person shooter 1.3M 33.6 23.1% Gaming genre
42 Fighting game 1.1M 26.7 42.8% Gaming genre
43 Flight simulator 918k 39.2 30.6% Gaming genre
44 Tower defense 797k 29.7 52.1% Gaming genre
45 Vehicle simulation game 696k 32.3 45.7% Gaming genre
46 Mobile gambling 694k 29.9 90.1% Gaming genre
47 Incremental game 614k 27.5 52.1% Gaming genre
48 Survival game 606k 27.8 36.8% Gaming genre
49 Rhythm game 602k 32.5 60.9% Gaming genre
50 Amusement arcade 560k 36.3 41.8% 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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