Top 50 Pops in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest pops in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1,040 pops tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Mrs. GREEN APPLE, JO1 and BE:FIRST lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 31,889,280 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 2,466,834, and the largest, Mrs. GREEN APPLE, reaches around 12,467,377 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each pop, 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	Mrs. GREEN APPLE	12,467,377	98.1%	Pop	Music & Radio
2	JO1	10,478,893	97.3%	Pop	Music & Radio
3	BE:FIRST	8,943,010	98.7%	Pop	Music & Radio
4	Doda (singer)	8,658,762	79.3%	Pop	Music & Radio
5	NiziU	8,216,044	97.0%	Pop	Music & Radio
6	Ado	7,766,646	24.8%	Pop	Music & Radio
7	RADWIMPS	5,888,611	96.5%	Pop	Music & Radio
8	Vaundy	5,855,488	95.1%	Pop	Music & Radio
9	Aiko (singer)	4,075,821	72.6%	Pop	Music & Radio
10	King Gnu	3,936,837	96.5%	Pop	Music & Radio
11	FRUITS ZIPPER	3,272,213	98.3%	Pop	Music & Radio
12	Eve	3,032,680	41.0%	Pop	Music & Radio
13	CANDY TUNE	2,805,411	99.0%	Pop	Music & Radio
14	CUTIE STREET	2,778,104	98.4%	Pop	Music & Radio
15	BoA	2,760,118	5.1%	Pop	Music & Radio
16	Zard	2,640,954	94.7%	Pop	Music & Radio
17	sumika	2,457,892	93.1%	Pop	Music & Radio
18	Aimer	2,395,889	64.2%	Pop	Music & Radio
19	SUPER BEAVER	2,293,574	99.2%	Pop	Music & Radio
20	Taeyang	1,834,372	35.2%	Pop	Music & Radio
21	Nothing	1,737,507	9.5%	Pop	Music & Radio
22	Creepy Nuts	1,365,069	77.2%	Pop	Music & Radio
23	Taylor Swift	1,113,919	1.0%	Pop	Music & Radio
24	THE ALFEE	1,062,050	97.9%	Pop	Music & Radio
25	Chevon	1,041,871	90.4%	Pop	Music & Radio
26	RIP SLYME	1,014,781	98.2%	Pop	Music & Radio
27	May J.	1,013,968	97.3%	Pop	Music & Radio
28	Justin Bieber	885,820	1.4%	Pop	Music & Radio
29	Lady Gaga	858,646	1.6%	Pop	Music & Radio
30	Beck	850,184	9.0%	Pop	Music & Radio
31	Beni (singer)	807,189	48.3%	Pop	Music & Radio
32	Madonna	752,172	1.4%	Pop	Music & Radio
33	Ariana Grande	737,389	1.0%	Pop	Music & Radio
34	Sabrina Carpenter	716,082	0.9%	Pop	Music & Radio
35	Super Junior (슈퍼주니어)	680,544	37.9%	Pop	Music & Radio
36	May'n	615,375	93.3%	Pop	Music & Radio
37	Michael Jackson	551,404	0.9%	Pop	Music & Radio
38	Ed Sheeran	472,431	1.9%	Pop	Music & Radio
39	Enya	452,568	8.5%	Pop	Music & Radio
40	Psy	447,820	12.6%	Pop	Music & Radio
41	Katy Perry	437,764	1.2%	Pop	Music & Radio
42	Janne Da Arc	419,582	95.1%	Pop	Music & Radio
43	Nits	392,612	8.8%	Pop	Music & Radio
44	David Bowie	379,261	1.7%	Pop	Music & Radio
45	Athlete	377,047	1.4%	Pop	Music & Radio
46	Mirrr	330,243	1.8%	Pop	Music & Radio
47	Pink	324,987	4.6%	Pop	Music & Radio
48	Miley Cyrus	324,673	1.1%	Pop	Music & Radio
49	Seven (Korean singer)	321,006	2.8%	Pop	Music & Radio
50	Ayumi Hamasaki	299,052	37.7%	Pop	Music & Radio