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Top 100 Music instruments in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music instruments in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 113 music instruments tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ibanez, Boss Corporation and Epiphone lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 81k, and the largest, Ibanez, reaches around 1.2M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each music instrument, 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 Paiste 74k 37.1 28.9% Music instrument
27 Jackson Guitars 69k 37.4 42.9% Music instrument
28 TC Electronic 69k 46.5 9.0% Music instrument
29 Piccolo trumpet 69k 49.9 31.0% Music instrument
30 Acoustic-electric guitar 66k 46.9 13.4% Music instrument
31 Analog modeling synthesizer 58k 37.1 40.2% Music instrument
32 Moog 56k 32.8 25.5% Music instrument
33 Xylophone 55k 42.6 46.0% Music instrument
34 B.C. Rich 53k 45.7 11.3% Music instrument
35 Bongo 50k 19.6 60.3% Music instrument
36 Seymour Duncan 50k 34.6 41.4% Music instrument
37 Cowbell (instrument) 48k 42.8 49.7% Music instrument
38 Crash cymbal 46k 33.8 48.4% Music instrument
39 Hughes & Kettner 44k 32.1 21.9% Music instrument
40 Rickenbacker 40k 40.1 8.7% Music instrument
41 novation 40k 22.9 72.1% Music instrument
42 D'Addario 39k 41.3 15.8% Music instrument
43 Steel guitar 38k 33.2 30.3% Music instrument
44 Ovation Guitar Company 36k 51.9 0.0% Music instrument
45 Flugelhorn 35k 39.4 25.3% Music instrument
46 Surdo 33k 35.5 67.3% Music instrument
47 Twelve-string guitar 31k 32.7 22.7% Music instrument
48 DigiTech 29k 40.5 35.2% Music instrument
49 Gretsch Guitars 29k 34.6 34.7% Music instrument
50 Softube 28k 29.1 24.7% Music instrument

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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 music instrument 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 music instrument in Japan?

Ibanez currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.2M people in Japan.

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