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Top 100 Singer-songwriters in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest singer-songwriters in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 6.2k singer-songwriters tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. YOASOBI, LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987) and Diesel lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 18M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.1M, and the largest, YOASOBI, reaches around 6.8M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each singer-songwriter, 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
1 YOASOBI 6.8M 35.1 54.1% Singer-songwriter
2 LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987) 6.4M 31.2 65.7% Singer-songwriter
3 Diesel 5M 43.9 46.5% Singer-songwriter
4 IU (singer) 4.1M 28.9 75.6% Singer-songwriter
5 APEX 4M 28.9 32.7% Singer-songwriter
6 Daigo (musician) 3.6M 28.9 40.7% Singer-songwriter
7 Juju 3.1M 28.6 37.6% Singer-songwriter
8 Misia 2.9M 32.1 69.9% Singer-songwriter
9 Whitney 2.9M 36.4 52.6% Singer-songwriter
10 NIKI 2.5M 30.6 61.3% Singer-songwriter
11 Au/Ra 2M 35.1 54.1% Singer-songwriter
12 Liv.e 1.7M 35.1 54.1% Singer-songwriter
13 Nephew 1.6M 37.3 58.1% Singer-songwriter
14 Tiffany 1.6M 39.2 57.3% Singer-songwriter
15 FLO 1.6M 37.0 55.6% Singer-songwriter
16 Live 1.6M 31.5 46.6% Singer-songwriter
17 Citizen 1.5M 36.8 73.3% Singer-songwriter
18 Poppy 1.4M 35.7 83.3% Singer-songwriter
19 Keep 1.4M 35.7 54.8% Singer-songwriter
20 EDEN 1.4M 31.2 67.4% Singer-songwriter
21 Brains 1.1M 32.3 20.6% Singer-songwriter
22 Stars 1.1M 34.9 63.4% Singer-songwriter
23 LP 1M 31.1 58.9% Singer-songwriter
24 Heavenly 1M 35.1 54.1% Singer-songwriter
25 CSS 990k 35.9 47.0% Singer-songwriter

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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 singer-songwriter 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 singer-songwriter in Japan?

YOASOBI currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.8M people in Japan.

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