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Top 100 Romances in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest romances in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 141 romances tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bringing Up Baby, Cinderella (1950 film) and Casablanca (film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.7M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 89k, and the largest, Bringing Up Baby, reaches around 685k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each romance, 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 100, 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 Never Let Me Go (2010 film) 95k 43.9 100.0% Romance
27 West Side Story (film) 95k 59.0 0.0% Romance
28 The Family Stone 95k 28.6 55.2% Romance
29 In the Mood for Love 90k 34.0 59.5% Romance
30 Love Actually 89k 32.8 55.6% Romance
31 Practical Magic 89k 34.6 78.9% Romance
32 Gone with the Wind (film) 79k 46.1 83.8% Romance
33 Heartbreaker (2010 film) 72k 21.3 88.2% Romance
34 Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) 72k 41.5 73.9% Romance
35 Waiting to Exhale 68k 33.3 72.4% Romance
36 Keeping the Faith 67k 36.8 65.5% Romance
37 Going the Distance (2010 film) 62k 25.2 72.6% Romance
38 Crazy, Stupid, Love. 61k 42.1 44.5% Romance
39 The Rebound 60k 36.5 56.3% Romance
40 She's the Man 58k 40.0 69.8% Romance
41 Only Yesterday (1991 film) 53k 34.0 54.7% Romance
42 Four Weddings and a Funeral 53k 34.3 30.6% Romance
43 The Tourist 52k 34.3 37.0% Romance
44 PS, I Love You (novel) 50k 49.9 100.0% Romance
45 Aladin (film) 48k 24.4 55.3% Romance
46 Runaway Bride (film) 47k 28.6 77.4% Romance
47 The Lake House (film) 45k 48.1 60.0% Romance
48 The Break-Up 43k 36.0 56.5% Romance
49 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 41k 30.6 61.6% Romance
50 Shallow Hal 40k 32.5 87.3% Romance

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

Bringing Up Baby currently leads with an estimated audience of 685k people in Japan.

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