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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
51 Last Tango in Paris 40k 25.4 59.7% Romance
52 Roxanne (film) 38k 34.6 44.0% Romance
53 The Vow (2012 film) 38k 30.0 55.9% Romance
54 An American in Paris (film) 37k 38.2 45.4% Romance
55 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film) 36k 29.1 71.7% Romance
56 Safe Haven (film) 33k 47.7 83.5% Romance
57 One More Chance (2007 film) 31k 28.4 44.1% Romance
58 Some Like It Hot 31k 32.5 26.9% Romance
59 A Man and a Woman 30k 37.6 60.4% Romance
60 Vicky Cristina Barcelona 30k 32.8 72.0% Romance
61 Sense and Sensibility 30k 49.5 66.5% Romance
62 Pitch Perfect 2 29k 27.8 47.7% Romance
63 Just Friends 28k 28.2 71.6% Romance
64 The Longest Ride (film) 28k 37.8 66.7% Romance
65 Revolutionary Road (film) 27k 47.1 70.8% Romance
66 Virgin River 27k 48.2 64.2% Romance
67 The Seven Year Itch 27k 49.4 32.0% Romance
68 Midnight in Paris 26k 25.5 50.9% Romance
69 Failure to Launch 26k 36.7 70.4% Romance
70 The Time Traveler's Wife 25k 46.2 64.8% Romance
71 High Fidelity (film) 22k 31.7 61.4% Romance
72 Les Misérables (2012 film) 22k 31.1 74.0% Romance
73 The Other Woman (2014 film) 21k 47.2 89.0% Romance
74 Two Weeks Notice 20k 28.0 64.6% Romance
75 Warm Bodies (film) 18k 32.3 61.8% 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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