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Top 19 Religions in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 19 largest religions in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Hinduism, Jesus and Haitian Vodou lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.3M people. Across all 19 entries the average audience size is 447k, and the largest, Hinduism, reaches around 2.3M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each religion, 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 19, 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
1 Hinduism 2.3M 37.4 54.8% Religion
2 Jesus 2M 36.5 64.4% Religion
3 Haitian Vodou 1.1M 30.2 31.9% Religion
4 Taoism 927k 31.3 46.9% Religion
5 Confucianism 760k 25.8 48.7% Religion
6 Chinese folk religion 334k 36.8 39.4% Religion
7 Judaism 275k 38.2 39.0% Religion
8 Unitarian Universalism 210k 46.2 73.3% Religion
9 Wicca 205k 34.3 58.1% Religion
10 Kami 186k 31.2 55.7% Religion
11 Jainism 128k 40.2 48.3% Religion
12 Tao 59k 39.3 42.4% Religion
13 Lutheranism 44k 38.6 61.7% Religion
14 Zoroastrianism 20k 27.4 40.2% Religion
15 Thelema 8.5k 38.8 61.7% Religion
16 Unitarianism 6.1k 45.2 74.7% Religion
17 Modern paganism 2.2k 31.3 78.0% Religion
18 Native American Church 387 48.0 62.7% Religion
19 Louisiana Voodoo 307 35.1 58.7% Religion

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 19 list compiled?

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

Hinduism currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.3M people in Japan.

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