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Top 100 Jazzes in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest jazzes in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 188 jazzes tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cecil McBee, Mezzoforte and Bill Evans lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 541k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 30k, and the largest, Cecil McBee, reaches around 295k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each jazz, 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 100, 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 Sonny Rollins 31k 45.1 46.6% Jazz
27 Robert Glasper 31k 31.8 38.4% Jazz
28 Thelonious Monk 30k 35.3 22.3% Jazz
29 Wayne Shorter 30k 53.1 0.0% Jazz
30 Duke Ellington 29k 40.1 43.3% Jazz
31 Diana Krall 29k 35.1 58.5% Jazz
32 Oscar Peterson 29k 40.0 59.6% Jazz
33 Ghost-Note 29k 31.5 82.9% Jazz
34 Dave Brubeck 28k 46.3 35.4% Jazz
35 Charlie Parker 28k 40.5 45.2% Jazz
36 Candy Dulfer 27k 45.6 59.8% Jazz
37 John Scofield 27k 47.6 28.9% Jazz
38 Brad Mehldau Trio 26k 35.7 51.6% Jazz
39 Brad Mehldau 26k 33.3 43.5% Jazz
40 Dizzy Gillespie 24k 47.0 44.0% Jazz
41 Samara Joy 24k 38.8 51.6% Jazz
42 Sun Ra 23k 39.0 29.4% Jazz
43 GoGo Penguin 22k 35.8 50.8% Jazz
44 Django Reinhardt 22k 36.1 60.6% Jazz
45 Ezra Collective 21k 0.0 0.0% Jazz
46 Art Blakey 21k 38.8 31.9% Jazz
47 John Scofield Trio 21k 38.4 55.5% Jazz
48 Medeski, Martin & Wood 21k 32.8 78.2% Jazz
49 Ahmad Jamal 21k 40.8 41.8% Jazz
50 Wynton Marsalis 21k 41.8 23.2% Jazz

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

Cecil McBee currently leads with an estimated audience of 295k people in Japan.

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