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Top 91 Horrors in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 91 largest horrors in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. The Conjuring, Saw (2004 film) and Scream (1996 film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3M people. Across all 91 entries the average audience size is 82k, and the largest, The Conjuring, reaches around 1.4M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each horror, 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 91, 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 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 13k 31.2 61.6% Horror
52 The Babadook 13k 38.9 45.5% Horror
53 Sleepy Hollow (film) 12k 27.3 60.6% Horror
54 Deliver Us from Evil (2014 film) 11k 46.4 49.4% Horror
55 Saw II 9.5k 27.1 50.3% Horror
56 Young Frankenstein 9k 40.0 49.9% Horror
57 The Neon Demon 8.7k 38.3 41.7% Horror
58 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 8.4k 28.8 60.9% Horror
59 Scream 4 8.3k 30.0 63.2% Horror
60 Scream 2 7.2k 30.5 54.2% Horror
61 Black Christmas (1974 film) 6.9k 42.1 58.7% Horror
62 Daybreakers 6.8k 43.0 61.9% Horror
63 Friday the 13th (2009 film) 6.7k 32.0 52.0% Horror
64 Itsy Bitsy 6.4k 31.6 52.8% Horror
65 Before I Wake (2016 film) 6.1k 26.2 81.0% Horror
66 The Ring Two 6k 30.4 48.6% Horror
67 The Woman in Black 5.9k 40.9 40.1% Horror
68 Are You Afraid of the Dark? 5.8k 30.3 49.4% Horror
69 Scream 3 5.8k 36.7 46.0% Horror
70 Saw 3D 5.2k 32.2 29.0% Horror
71 Piranha 3DD 4.2k 38.9 54.2% Horror
72 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4.2k 32.6 71.4% Horror
73 Friday the 13th (1980 film) 4k 36.7 41.1% Horror
74 The Untold Story 3.8k 40.4 66.4% Horror
75 Dead Snow 3.7k 35.8 18.8% Horror

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 91 list compiled?

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

The Conjuring currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in Japan.

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