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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
76 Cavaquinho 5.6k 31.7 30.7% Music instrument
77 Blackstar Amplification 5.4k 49.1 0.0% Music instrument
78 Dizi (instrument) 5.1k 31.8 43.8% Music instrument
79 Shofar 4.8k 45.3 71.3% Music instrument
80 charvel guitars 4.6k 27.6 50.3% Music instrument
81 Resonator guitar 4.4k 43.8 79.1% Music instrument
82 Archtop guitar 4.4k 44.1 6.4% Music instrument
83 Kakaki 3.2k 36.6 53.5% Music instrument
84 Elixir Strings 3k 43.9 17.2% Music instrument
85 Blüthner 2.9k 37.9 14.6% Music instrument
86 Gibson Guitar Corporation 2.9k 36.3 35.5% Music instrument
87 ESP Guitars 2.7k 36.1 35.5% Music instrument
88 Marshall Amplification 2.4k 35.4 36.0% Music instrument
89 PRS Guitars 2.4k 36.4 36.4% Music instrument
90 Ddrum 2.4k 44.4 16.9% Music instrument
91 Cort Guitars and Basses 2.3k 38.7 0.0% Music instrument
92 Stage piano 1.8k 41.4 0.0% Music instrument
93 Tamborim 1.8k 32.9 55.5% Music instrument
94 Alvarez Guitars 1.5k 50.5 21.7% Music instrument
95 Schecter Guitar Research 1.5k 37.8 16.8% Music instrument
96 Pro-Mark 1.5k 37.8 28.6% Music instrument
97 Rebab 1.4k 28.0 5.4% Music instrument
98 Shehnai 1.4k 27.1 59.4% Music instrument
99 Goblet drum 1.3k 27.8 27.5% Music instrument
100 Ernie Ball 1k 36.1 33.1% 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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