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Top 100 Sweets in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sweets in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 385 sweets tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cake, Wedding cake and Cookie lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 61M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.4M, and the largest, Cake, reaches around 26M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each sweet, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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 Krispy Kreme 1.6M 29.5 67.0% Sweet
27 Chocolate truffle 1.6M 39.6 68.3% Sweet
28 White chocolate 1.6M 37.5 79.4% Sweet
29 Christmas cake 1.5M 43.8 79.9% Sweet
30 Fruit salad 1.3M 34.6 70.2% Sweet
31 Popcorn 1.3M 32.1 63.3% Sweet
32 Gummi candy 1.2M 32.5 71.0% Sweet
33 Chocolate bar 1.1M 42.6 73.2% Sweet
34 Scone 1.1M 34.6 76.7% Sweet
35 Mooncake 1M 39.0 71.5% Sweet
36 Tapioca 1M 35.0 78.6% Sweet
37 Red velvet cake 963k 24.4 78.6% Sweet
38 Caramel 921k 33.9 69.1% Sweet
39 Sugar substitute 910k 39.7 63.6% Sweet
40 Gelatin 880k 32.2 74.3% Sweet
41 Frozen dessert 752k 31.6 61.0% Sweet
42 Charlotte (cake) 673k 37.6 100.0% Sweet
43 Parfait 662k 42.2 85.8% Sweet
44 Swiss roll 650k 43.1 78.0% Sweet
45 TUC (cracker) 638k 40.1 55.6% Sweet
46 Chocolate chip 631k 40.4 72.2% Sweet
47 Sou (pastry) 616k 23.6 69.5% Sweet
48 Godiva Chocolatier 612k 29.2 76.2% Sweet
49 Butter cake 610k 43.6 83.8% Sweet
50 Carrot cake 604k 35.0 100.0% Sweet

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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 sweet 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 sweet in Japan?

Cake currently leads with an estimated audience of 26M people in Japan.

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