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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
76 Alternate reality game 36k 25.8 78.5% Gaming genre
77 Puzzles games 30k 32.7 42.2% Gaming genre
78 Hit and run 12k 44.6 53.8% Gaming genre
79 Player versus environment 11k 33.5 0.0% Gaming genre
80 Shooter games 8.2k 26.1 11.3% Gaming genre
81 Matching game 6.5k 35.2 38.9% Gaming genre
82 Personality quiz 6.3k 41.3 75.2% Gaming genre
83 Point and click 1.5k 37.0 64.2% Gaming genre
84 Serious game 1.4k 44.8 66.4% Gaming genre
85 Three-dimensional space 289 26.2 59.7% Gaming genre
86 Tactical wargame 263 36.1 12.9% 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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