Top 50 Publishings in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest publishings in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 147 publishings tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Holiday House, Transworld Publishers and Long Man lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1,879,523 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 67,637, and the largest, Holiday House, reaches around 1,407,717 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each publishing, 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 Holiday House Holiday House 1,407,717 23.1% Publishing Home & Garden
2 Transworld Publishers Transworld Publishers 250,212 7.9% Publishing Literature
3 Long Man Long Man 221,594 37.8% Publishing Literature
4 Kosmos (publisher) Kosmos (publisher) 215,803 9.8% Publishing Literature
5 Association for Computing Machinery Association for Computing Machinery 147,961 11.0% Publishing Literature
6 International Civil Aviation Organization International Civil Aviation Organization 147,874 8.8% Publishing Travel & Leisure
7 Android Authority Android Authority 129,659 13.7% Publishing Technology & Electronics
8 Springer Nature Springer Nature 95,633 4.0% Publishing News
9 Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers 68,694 7.2% Publishing Business & Career
10 Royal Yachting Association Royal Yachting Association 61,626 5.3% Publishing Sports
11 American Psychological Association American Psychological Association 51,742 4.4% Publishing Health
12 BMJ BMJ 50,853 10.7% Publishing Business & Career
13 Pottermore Pottermore 50,313 2.6% Publishing Literature
14 Society for Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience 46,627 35.1% Publishing Literature
15 Hobby Japan Hobby Japan 32,977 47.3% Publishing Literature
16 Harper (publisher) Harper (publisher) 31,523 2.3% Publishing Literature
17 LexisNexis LexisNexis 31,039 1.3% Publishing Business & Career
18 Food and Agriculture Organization Food and Agriculture Organization 26,392 8.6% Publishing Politics & Society
19 m&c! m&c! 24,810 33.0% Publishing Music & Radio
20 Hay House Hay House 22,436 4.5% Publishing Literature
21 Doubleday (publisher) Doubleday (publisher) 21,921 19.0% Publishing Literature
22 Hachette (publisher) Hachette (publisher) 21,864 1.2% Publishing Literature
23 DC Comics DC Comics 19,769 9.7% Publishing Literature
24 Blurb Blurb 18,530 3.1% Publishing Literature
25 Taschen Taschen 17,481 1.1% Publishing Literature
26 Pocket Books Pocket Books 16,171 5.4% Publishing Literature
27 Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing 12,964 2.1% Publishing Literature
28 Gambero Rosso Gambero Rosso 12,553 1.8% Publishing Food & Beverages
29 Thames & Hudson Thames & Hudson 12,307 7.2% Publishing Literature
30 Royal Society of Chemistry Royal Society of Chemistry 11,372 5.0% Publishing Business & Career
31 Faber and Faber Faber and Faber 9,586 4.1% Publishing Literature
32 John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons 8,625 7.5% Publishing Literature
33 Royal Society Royal Society 8,602 1.1% Publishing Business & Career
34 Studio Ghibli Studio Ghibli 8,041 0.1% Publishing Literature
35 English Heritage English Heritage 6,693 0.3% Publishing Travel & Leisure
36 American Physical Therapy Association American Physical Therapy Association 5,737 3.4% Publishing Health
37 CRC Press CRC Press 5,309 9.6% Publishing Literature
38 National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences 4,884 1.7% Publishing Business & Career
39 jade dynasty jade dynasty 4,430 6.7% Publishing Technology & Electronics
40 Shinchosha Shinchosha 4,356 43.0% Publishing Literature
41 Peace Now Peace Now 4,202 8.1% Publishing Politics & Society
42 Nikkei Business Publications Nikkei Business Publications 3,975 72.2% Publishing Literature
43 Folio Society Folio Society 3,875 1.1% Publishing Literature
44 Black Library Black Library 3,660 1.8% Publishing Literature
45 Kodansha Kodansha 3,651 0.9% Publishing Literature
46 Harlequin Enterprises Harlequin Enterprises 3,538 58.5% Publishing Literature
47 American Society for Microbiology American Society for Microbiology 3,453 2.0% Publishing Health
48 Shueisha Shueisha 3,357 0.3% Publishing Literature
49 The Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation 2,753 0.1% Publishing Politics & Society
50 Deseret Book Deseret Book 2,720 0.3% Publishing Literature

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

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

Holiday House currently leads with an estimated audience of 1,407,717 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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