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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
76 Adventureland (film) 17k 35.9 68.8% Romance
77 Bright Star (film) 17k 45.0 96.7% Romance
78 Raja Rani (2013 film) 17k 23.7 46.0% Romance
79 In the Land of Women 17k 28.7 51.8% Romance
80 Winter's Tale (film) 16k 29.0 100.0% Romance
81 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film) 16k 26.3 53.7% Romance
82 Beauty World (TV series) 14k 39.1 100.0% Romance
83 dr zhivago 14k 33.8 26.2% Romance
84 The Back-up Plan 13k 42.5 53.4% Romance
85 The Pillow Book 13k 39.7 62.8% Romance
86 The English Patient 12k 58.4 67.3% Romance
87 Hope Springs (2012 film) 12k 36.1 60.9% Romance
88 The Best of Me (film) 12k 36.2 92.9% Romance
89 Water for Elephants (film) 12k 31.4 100.0% Romance
90 The Sweetest Thing 12k 28.8 77.6% Romance
91 What Men Want 11k 46.8 81.5% Romance
92 The English Patient (film) 9.8k 42.0 60.2% Romance
93 To the Beautiful You 9.7k 39.9 95.2% Romance
94 Date Movie 9.5k 27.5 75.1% Romance
95 Letters to Juliet 9k 27.3 69.0% Romance
96 Our Family Wedding 8.9k 30.7 76.4% Romance
97 Sex and the City 2 8.6k 32.6 69.9% Romance
98 Picture Perfect 8.5k 39.0 93.8% Romance
99 8 Seconds 8.4k 27.4 61.5% Romance
100 Kal Ho Naa Ho 8.2k 30.3 100.0% 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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