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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
76 Chuck Mangione 8.8k 0.0 0.0% Jazz
77 Mary Halvorson 8.7k 41.8 39.7% Jazz
78 Jakob Bro 8.5k 43.7 46.8% Jazz
79 David Benoit 8.2k 48.0 58.4% Jazz
80 Bill Charlap Trio 8k 37.5 60.3% Jazz
81 Kenny Garrett 7.9k 38.8 56.5% Jazz
82 Allan Holdsworth 7.9k 0.0 0.0% Jazz
83 The Dave Brubeck Quartet 7.7k 41.7 48.8% Jazz
84 Carmen McRae 7.6k 42.5 51.1% Jazz
85 Gregory Porter 7.6k 29.3 70.7% Jazz
86 Dave Koz 7.5k 48.3 58.1% Jazz
87 Joshua Redman 7.5k 35.1 89.8% Jazz
88 Nels Cline 7.5k 43.7 46.8% Jazz
89 Chip Wickham 7.4k 34.8 55.8% Jazz
90 Immanuel Wilkins 7.1k 41.9 30.0% Jazz
91 Charles Lloyd 7.1k 34.8 55.8% Jazz
92 Lalah Hathaway 6.5k 29.9 55.8% Jazz
93 Peter Bernstein 6.4k 34.8 55.8% Jazz
94 Sullivan Fortner 6.3k 34.8 55.8% Jazz
95 The Rippingtons 6k 47.6 59.0% Jazz
96 Ibrahim Maalouf 6k 35.7 58.8% Jazz
97 Ben Wendel 5.9k 39.2 49.4% Jazz
98 Joel Ross 5.9k 34.1 41.9% Jazz
99 Peter Evans 5.8k 38.4 55.5% Jazz
100 Ambrose Akinmusire 5.6k 43.7 46.8% 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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