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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
51 Sponge cake 557k 38.8 84.5% Sweet
52 Pudding 548k 35.3 71.1% Sweet
53 Ganache 546k 38.7 59.4% Sweet
54 Frozen yogurt 503k 38.1 71.0% Sweet
55 Mochi 445k 35.3 67.4% Sweet
56 Mousse 433k 37.0 73.5% Sweet
57 Syrup 420k 40.4 57.7% Sweet
58 Rusk 402k 40.9 60.4% Sweet
59 Celebrations 400k 36.9 58.8% Sweet
60 Flatbread 379k 40.4 60.2% Sweet
61 Candy apple 371k 36.9 85.6% Sweet
62 Gummy bear 363k 39.4 76.2% Sweet
63 Marshmallow 351k 31.4 71.6% Sweet
64 Pound cake 348k 42.8 81.0% Sweet
65 Cookies and Cream 340k 38.4 87.3% Sweet
66 Lamian 314k 44.9 32.8% Sweet
67 Ice cream sandwich 292k 34.7 70.3% Sweet
68 Filo 290k 35.6 38.3% Sweet
69 S'more 281k 33.7 58.8% Sweet
70 Plasmon biscuit 277k 38.4 79.6% Sweet
71 Tempeh 272k 30.8 64.7% Sweet
72 Layer cake 266k 49.5 100.0% Sweet
73 Choux pastry 249k 40.0 36.1% Sweet
74 Bonbon 249k 39.5 67.3% Sweet
75 Buttercream 247k 33.1 84.7% 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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