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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
51 Tactical shooter 538k 32.1 39.6% Gaming genre
52 Word search 534k 32.6 53.9% Gaming genre
53 Open world 368k 30.5 14.0% Gaming genre
54 Online casino 353k 42.1 26.1% Gaming genre
55 Video poker 309k 34.4 31.9% Gaming genre
56 Online bingo 300k 39.7 53.6% Gaming genre
57 Stealth game 277k 28.5 67.0% Gaming genre
58 Player versus player 254k 32.6 9.5% Gaming genre
59 Indie game 209k 33.2 44.2% Gaming genre
60 Social simulation game 200k 27.9 48.2% Gaming genre
61 Social network game 177k 31.0 35.3% Gaming genre
62 Multiplayer online game 168k 35.2 26.6% Gaming genre
63 Pub quiz 151k 35.8 61.6% Gaming genre
64 Mathematical puzzle 147k 28.2 63.4% Gaming genre
65 Japanese role-playing game 122k 31.8 40.9% Gaming genre
66 Indie role-playing game 121k 33.3 55.5% Gaming genre
67 Turn-based tactics 118k 31.2 21.2% Gaming genre
68 Light gun shooter 117k 26.9 36.3% Gaming genre
69 Beat 'em up 107k 31.1 33.2% Gaming genre
70 Shoot 'em up 106k 28.3 24.6% Gaming genre
71 Single-player video game 85k 32.1 18.3% Gaming genre
72 Kart racing game 84k 26.1 45.2% Gaming genre
73 Bishōjo game 70k 39.3 0.0% Gaming genre
74 Hide-and-seek 38k 40.3 71.6% Gaming genre
75 Console game 36k 36.3 29.5% 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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