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Top 100 Literary genres in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 103 literary genres tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Manga, Anime and manga fandom and Comic book lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 75M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.8M, and the largest, Manga, reaches around 28M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each literary 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 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 Medieval literature 209k 28.8 53.1% Literary genre
52 American literature 204k 39.7 52.8% Literary genre
53 Autobiography 151k 33.2 53.5% Literary genre
54 Essay 139k 33.3 52.0% Literary genre
55 Dystopia 128k 40.3 58.5% Literary genre
56 Hard science fiction 128k 32.0 41.8% Literary genre
57 Chinese philosophy 128k 21.0 55.2% Literary genre
58 Romantic poetry 123k 34.3 63.5% Literary genre
59 Military science fiction 122k 29.4 38.3% Literary genre
60 Cozy mystery 121k 37.4 55.7% Literary genre
61 Romantic thriller 113k 36.6 67.7% Literary genre
62 Russian literature 106k 37.5 69.3% Literary genre
63 Spy fiction 101k 36.8 44.0% Literary genre
64 Fan fiction 95k 25.8 39.8% Literary genre
65 Autobiographical novel 89k 25.9 63.9% Literary genre
66 French literature 86k 31.4 50.7% Literary genre
67 Nepali literature 85k 25.5 34.9% Literary genre
68 Tamil literature 69k 39.3 44.7% Literary genre
69 Heroic fantasy 62k 40.2 73.0% Literary genre
70 English poetry 62k 25.0 72.7% Literary genre
71 Bildungsroman 61k 37.8 36.1% Literary genre
72 Paperback 61k 25.4 67.7% Literary genre
73 Political satire 53k 24.6 51.0% Literary genre
74 Eastern philosophy 49k 20.8 57.6% Literary genre
75 African-American literature 49k 39.1 59.2% Literary genre

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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 literary 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 literary genre in Japan?

Manga currently leads with an estimated audience of 28M people in Japan.

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