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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
76 Come Dine with Me 1.6k 35.6 49.5% TV show
77 MTV Cribs 1.6k 21.6 10.5% TV show
78 Marienhof (TV series) 1.4k 39.0 70.9% TV show
79 hart aber fair 1.4k 39.0 44.2% TV show
80 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series) 1.4k 35.5 81.6% TV show
81 Dharma & Greg 1.3k TV show
82 Germany's Next Topmodel 1.2k 31.8 41.4% TV show
83 Tagesschau24 1.1k 33.4 45.3% TV show
84 Der letzte Bulle 1.1k 40.3 59.8% TV show
85 Vermisst 1.1k 42.2 84.5% TV show
86 Polizeiruf 110 1.1k 42.5 56.7% TV show
87 Türkisch für Anfänger 1k 34.1 47.1% TV show
88 Dahoam is Dahoam 1k 39.0 67.4% TV show
89 SOKO Leipzig 971 39.8 71.5% TV show
90 Löwenzahn 943 41.4 74.0% TV show
91 WWE Tough Enough 919 29.6 28.6% TV show
92 Bibi und Tina 894 24.3 46.5% TV show
93 Ready Steady Cook 744 29.5 67.3% TV show
94 Die Rosenheim-Cops 734 48.5 58.3% TV show
95 Mord mit Aussicht 720 44.0 67.4% TV show
96 Großstadtrevier 649 41.3 42.9% TV show
97 Pastewka (TV series) 616 34.7 38.5% TV show
98 Galileo (TV series) 598 52.5 24.2% TV show
99 ZDF-Fernsehgarten 549 34.9 87.3% TV show
100 Vain elämää 491 38.3 82.7% 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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