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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
51 Charles Mingus 20k 43.6 43.0% Jazz
52 Bill Evans Trio 20k 40.4 44.0% Jazz
53 Pat Metheny Group 19k 56.3 29.6% Jazz
54 Esperanza Spalding 19k 35.9 100.0% Jazz
55 Nathan East 19k 49.5 17.7% Jazz
56 John McLaughlin (musician) 19k 46.9 45.9% Jazz
57 Sam Jones (musician) 19k 37.5 58.1% Jazz
58 Al Di Meola 16k 46.4 32.5% Jazz
59 Count Basie 16k 45.6 68.2% Jazz
60 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 16k 45.1 46.6% Jazz
61 Jamie Cullum 16k 37.7 68.6% Jazz
62 Freddie Hubbard 15k 46.8 22.3% Jazz
63 Glenn Miller 14k 43.1 62.4% Jazz
64 Angelina Jordan 13k 35.0 61.6% Jazz
65 Eva Cassidy 13k 46.2 68.5% Jazz
66 Don Cherry 12k 49.4 51.3% Jazz
67 Ronnie Scott 12k 39.1 50.0% Jazz
68 Brian Culbertson 12k 48.0 58.4% Jazz
69 Alfa Mist 12k 33.6 55.7% Jazz
70 Simon Phillips 10k 39.0 52.2% Jazz
71 Butcher Brown 9.4k 31.8 38.4% Jazz
72 Eddie Palmieri 9.3k 40.9 68.8% Jazz
73 Cory Henry 9.2k 33.5 78.8% Jazz
74 Mike Stern 9.2k 38.0 32.1% Jazz
75 Theo Croker 8.9k 34.8 55.8% 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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