Top 50 Public transports in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest public transports in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 78 public transports tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Japan Rail Pass, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Hankyu lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1,205,413 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 58,763, and the largest, Japan Rail Pass, reaches around 434,208 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each public transport, 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 Japan Rail Pass Japan Rail Pass 434,208 18.9% Public transport Cars & Mobility
2 Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen 415,071 4.9% Public transport Cars & Mobility
3 Hankyu Hankyu 356,134 89.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
4 MyWay (ticketing system) MyWay (ticketing system) 267,469 12.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
5 CeBus CeBus 150,470 4.7% Public transport Cars & Mobility
6 TGV TGV 131,017 2.3% Public transport Cars & Mobility
7 TEC TEC 126,825 10.3% Public transport Cars & Mobility
8 Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) 114,444 2.7% Public transport Cars & Mobility
9 FlixBus FlixBus 112,350 0.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
10 Eurostar Eurostar 95,917 0.8% Public transport Cars & Mobility
11 SNCF SNCF 92,000 0.6% Public transport Cars & Mobility
12 Trenitalia Trenitalia 86,428 0.5% Public transport Cars & Mobility
13 London Underground London Underground 81,753 2.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
14 Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn 73,031 0.3% Public transport Cars & Mobility
15 Gruppo Torinese Trasporti Gruppo Torinese Trasporti 51,999 4.5% Public transport Cars & Mobility
16 Ouigo Ouigo 42,587 0.3% Public transport Cars & Mobility
17 ALSA (bus company) ALSA (bus company) 36,252 0.5% Public transport Cars & Mobility
18 Blue Line (CTA) Blue Line (CTA) 32,289 2.1% Public transport Cars & Mobility
19 Orient Express Orient Express 30,933 0.9% Public transport Cars & Mobility
20 Southern Railway (U.S.) Southern Railway (U.S.) 30,588 2.5% Public transport Cars & Mobility
21 National Railway Museum National Railway Museum 25,010 6.1% Public transport Cars & Mobility
22 RATP RATP 19,689 0.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
23 TGV Lyria TGV Lyria 14,374 2.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
24 Thalys Thalys 12,121 1.5% Public transport Cars & Mobility
25 Translink (Northern Ireland) Translink (Northern Ireland) 11,985 1.0% Public transport Cars & Mobility
26 Oyster card Oyster card 11,955 1.5% Public transport Cars & Mobility
27 Hyperloop Hyperloop 11,057 1.5% Public transport Cars & Mobility
28 Light railway Light railway 10,989 8.9% Public transport Cars & Mobility
29 Paris Métro Paris Métro 8,898 0.9% Public transport Cars & Mobility
30 Westbahn Westbahn 6,094 0.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
31 Abellio Greater Anglia Abellio Greater Anglia 4,594 0.3% Public transport Cars & Mobility
32 GO Transit GO Transit 3,434 0.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
33 BNSF Railway BNSF Railway 3,331 0.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
34 Keolis Keolis 3,314 0.8% Public transport Cars & Mobility
35 Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways 3,239 0.6% Public transport Cars & Mobility
36 Luas Luas 3,136 1.0% Public transport Cars & Mobility
37 Eurolines Eurolines 2,489 1.3% Public transport Cars & Mobility
38 Istanbul Metro Istanbul Metro 2,452 0.9% Public transport Cars & Mobility
39 Intercity-Express Intercity-Express 2,082 0.5% Public transport Cars & Mobility
40 Virgin Trains Virgin Trains 1,967 0.9% Public transport Cars & Mobility
41 London and North Eastern Railway London and North Eastern Railway 1,886 0.9% Public transport Cars & Mobility
42 TransMilenio TransMilenio 1,793 0.3% Public transport Cars & Mobility
43 Alvia Alvia 1,792 1.3% Public transport Cars & Mobility
44 Wiener Linien Wiener Linien 1,770 0.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
45 IDBUS IDBUS 1,398 1.6% Public transport Cars & Mobility
46 Crossrail Crossrail 1,202 2.0% Public transport Cars & Mobility
47 Washington Metro Washington Metro 1,192 0.2% Public transport Cars & Mobility
48 Lisbon Metro Lisbon Metro 1,182 0.4% Public transport Cars & Mobility
49 Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro 1,008 0.1% Public transport Cars & Mobility
50 South West Trains South West Trains 975 0.1% Public transport Cars & Mobility

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each public transport 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 public transport in Japan?

Japan Rail Pass currently leads with an estimated audience of 434,208 people in Japan.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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