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Top 100 TV series in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv series in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k tv series tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Love marriage, One Piece and Wedding planning lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 41M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2M, and the largest, Love marriage, reaches around 15M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each tv series, 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 Love marriage 15M 32.9 73.1% TV series
2 One Piece 14M 29.8 59.2% TV series
3 Wedding planning 13M 32.7 76.0% TV series
4 Wedding Planners 13M 32.9 75.4% TV series
5 Wedding videography 12M 33.3 75.2% TV series
6 Friends 9M 33.0 59.1% TV series
7 Motorcycles 8.7M 37.5 27.9% TV series
8 Euphoria 7.4M 31.3 63.6% TV series
9 Audition 5.4M 31.6 72.6% TV series
10 Reptiles 5.3M 37.3 61.5% TV series
11 Starter home 5.2M 38.7 56.6% TV series
12 Superman 4.8M 30.8 38.2% TV series
13 For sale by owner 4.3M 34.3 61.0% TV series
14 Survival skills 3.3M 42.5 25.0% TV series
15 Game of Thrones 3.2M 27.7 56.9% TV series
16 Sunday Brunch 2.5M 36.3 65.8% TV series
17 Stranger Things 2.3M 28.5 60.4% TV series
18 Fate/Zero 2.1M 26.5 45.7% TV series
19 Teen drama 2.1M 30.0 52.2% TV series
20 Souvenir 1.9M 37.9 70.0% TV series
21 Succession 1.9M 30.6 62.7% TV series
22 Sex and the City 1.8M 28.4 64.5% TV series
23 Omakase 1.8M 43.3 43.9% TV series
24 V.I.P. 1.7M 41.2 42.4% TV series
25 Peacemaker 1.7M 35.0 32.5% TV series

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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 tv series 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 tv series in Japan?

Love marriage currently leads with an estimated audience of 15M people in Japan.

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