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Top 100 TV shows in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest tv shows in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 138 tv shows tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. SketchUp, Cheers and Big Brother (TV series) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 51k, and the largest, SketchUp, reaches around 879k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each tv show, 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
26 Scrubs (TV series) 35k 36.5 54.7% TV show
27 Loose Women 34k 31.2 77.4% TV show
28 The Muppets 31k 38.2 57.0% TV show
29 Ugly Betty 31k 33.4 47.5% TV show
30 Ninja Warrior 31k 27.4 14.6% TV show
31 Supernanny 30k 33.0 72.7% TV show
32 WWE NXT 28k 34.3 34.3% TV show
33 30 Rock 27k 34.2 62.0% TV show
34 SchlagerPlanet 27k 31.2 57.2% TV show
35 Keeping Up with the Kardashians 26k 26.0 55.0% TV show
36 Mamamia 23k 31.2 65.0% TV show
37 Days of Our Lives 23k 30.5 66.1% TV show
38 Saturday Night Live 22k 29.4 54.9% TV show
39 The Bachelorette 20k 29.4 65.4% TV show
40 The Bold and the Beautiful 18k 26.3 62.6% TV show
41 Dance Moms 17k 33.6 80.4% TV show
42 Popstars 16k 32.7 70.3% TV show
43 Tatort 15k 32.6 45.5% TV show
44 Veep (TV series) 13k 32.5 63.1% TV show
45 3rd Rock from the Sun 13k 25.4 52.7% TV show
46 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 13k 37.0 77.4% TV show
47 Britain's Got Talent 11k 35.2 54.0% TV show
48 Match of the Day 10k 33.3 37.1% TV show
49 Heute Journal 8.5k 28.3 50.8% TV show
50 The Cosby Show 7.7k 44.4 73.5% TV show

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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 show 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 show in Japan?

SketchUp currently leads with an estimated audience of 879k people in Japan.

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