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Top 100 Universities in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2k universities tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Waseda University, Aoyama Gakuin University and Meiji University lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 33M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.5M, and the largest, Waseda University, reaches around 12M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each university, 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 University of Oxford 3M 30.1 61.7% University
27 Kyushu University 2.9M 34.1 65.1% University
28 Hokkaido University 2.8M 34.1 64.2% University
29 Mahidol University 2.7M 31.2 73.0% University
30 Bangkok University 2.2M 30.5 73.4% University
31 University of Cambridge 2.2M 33.2 60.8% University
32 MIT Sloan School of Management 2.2M 35.5 63.9% University
33 London School of Economics 2M 26.9 60.6% University
34 Yonsei University 2M 32.9 80.1% University
35 Rangsit University 1.9M 28.8 68.8% University
36 Nanyang Technological University 1.9M 29.6 57.5% University
37 Thammasat University 1.8M 32.5 66.6% University
38 University of Bergen 1.8M 29.7 58.5% University
39 Rikkyo University 1.7M 25.3 45.1% University
40 Kasetsart University 1.7M 28.6 67.9% University
41 Chulalongkorn University 1.7M 33.3 67.4% University
42 University of Barcelona 1.6M 28.4 62.6% University
43 Tsinghua University 1.6M 39.0 64.0% University
44 University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay 1.5M — — University
45 Chiang Mai University 1.3M 28.7 65.9% University
46 Srinakharinwirot University 1.3M 38.1 73.7% University
47 Prince of Songkla University 1.2M 33.1 79.8% University
48 Khon Kaen University 1.2M 27.9 67.5% University
49 Ramkhamhaeng University 1.2M 29.9 70.8% University
50 King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 1.1M 37.3 68.0% University

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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 university 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 university in Japan?

Waseda University currently leads with an estimated audience of 12M people in Japan.

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