Top 50 Metals in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest metals in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1,009 metals tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Switched, Dope and Once Human lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12,644,755 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 570,878, and the largest, Switched, reaches around 10,244,408 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each metal, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Switched	10,244,408	33.7%	Metal	Music & Radio
2	Dope	1,288,105	28.6%	Metal	Music & Radio
3	Once Human	1,112,242	28.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
4	Resolve	750,219	13.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
5	Tool	701,552	6.9%	Metal	Music & Radio
6	M.E.L.T.	633,829	15.5%	Metal	Music & Radio
7	Origin	610,273	6.5%	Metal	Music & Radio
8	Atlas	530,925	2.5%	Metal	Music & Radio
9	Crossfaith	527,979	84.2%	Metal	Music & Radio
10	Avatar	486,542	1.0%	Metal	Music & Radio
11	ANTHEM	470,790	9.5%	Metal	Music & Radio
12	Ambush	463,201	33.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
13	AVOID	435,303	22.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
14	Elixir	434,050	11.5%	Metal	Music & Radio
15	MØL	432,192	3.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
16	Pain	429,804	7.9%	Metal	Music & Radio
17	Avalanch	412,154	8.0%	Metal	Music & Radio
18	thrown	372,726	14.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
19	W.A.S.P.	357,198	4.9%	Metal	Music & Radio
20	Nebula	345,100	3.7%	Metal	Music & Radio
21	Cognitive	332,962	10.1%	Metal	Music & Radio
22	Sentenced	332,019	7.1%	Metal	Music & Radio
23	After All	322,616	49.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
24	Architects	321,163	4.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
25	Haunt	307,787	14.4%	Metal	Music & Radio
26	Torture	296,633	14.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
27	Cancer	296,211	2.4%	Metal	Music & Radio
28	Sacrifice	293,186	10.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
29	Reflections	292,779	8.0%	Metal	Music & Radio
30	Conan	285,603	10.4%	Metal	Music & Radio
31	Wake	282,866	14.5%	Metal	Music & Radio
32	Nerv	278,407	51.6%	Metal	Music & Radio
33	Spotlights	266,577	1.2%	Metal	Music & Radio
34	Trouble	254,613	11.2%	Metal	Music & Radio
35	Possessed	252,447	5.5%	Metal	Music & Radio
36	Voyager	251,436	6.9%	Metal	Music & Radio
37	Unleashed	234,304	17.4%	Metal	Music & Radio
38	Schizophrenia	230,705	1.4%	Metal	Music & Radio
39	Capture	221,368	12.0%	Metal	Music & Radio
40	ASG	219,297	18.6%	Metal	Music & Radio
41	Mesh	219,041	6.0%	Metal	Music & Radio
42	Boundaries	214,633	8.8%	Metal	Music & Radio
43	Deadlock	208,432	5.6%	Metal	Music & Radio
44	Convictions	200,599	8.6%	Metal	Music & Radio
45	Enforced	198,486	16.2%	Metal	Music & Radio
46	Arroganz	186,827	5.4%	Metal	Music & Radio
47	Sigh	185,413	12.6%	Metal	Music & Radio
48	Vio-lence	177,034	7.7%	Metal	Music & Radio
49	Trick or Treat	174,804	8.2%	Metal	Music & Radio
50	Stabbing	167,077	8.8%	Metal	Music & Radio