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Top 33 Musical instruments in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 33 largest musical instruments in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Guitar, Piano and Bass guitar lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 23M people. Across all 33 entries the average audience size is 1.3M, and the largest, Guitar, reaches around 11M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each musical 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 33, 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 Soprano clarinet 65k 38.7 44.6% Musical instrument
27 Mandolin 47k 40.9 37.2% Musical instrument
28 Celesta 20k 39.3 77.9% Musical instrument
29 Tabla 18k 47.5 62.6% Musical instrument
30 Maraca 12k 25.2 26.0% Musical instrument
31 Pipe organ 10k 47.1 55.5% Musical instrument
32 Setar 1.9k 36.7 70.2% Musical instrument
33 Bağlama 1.1k 40.4 27.4% Musical instrument

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 33 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each musical 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 musical instrument in Japan?

Guitar currently leads with an estimated audience of 11M people in Japan.

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