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Top 100 Musicals in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musicals in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 146 musicals tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cats (musical), Don Quixote (ballet) and Beauty and the Beast lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 180k, and the largest, Cats (musical), reaches around 3.6M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each musical, 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 A Chorus Line 19k 31.8 65.7% Musical
77 Rock of Ages (musical) 19k 40.0 50.4%
78 Cendrillon 18k 37.8 61.1%
79 War Horse (play) 17k 42.0 71.0%
80 Grease (musical) 16k 35.9 68.1% Musical
81 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical) 16k 41.3 68.6%
82 Cavalleria rusticana 14k 49.2 59.2%
83 What Next? (opera) 14k 51.1 79.7%
84 The Tempest (opera) 14k 24.9 88.7%
85 The Mousetrap 13k 44.2 61.9%
86 Fiddler on the Roof 12k 45.0 67.1% Musical
87 Elisabeth (musical) 12k 34.6 100.0%
88 Pagliacci 11k 43.5 57.1%
89 The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) 11k 26.7 81.3%
90 Madama Butterfly 10k 48.9 100.0%
91 42nd Street (musical) 9.5k 44.0 74.6%
92 Twelfth Night 9.2k 34.9 56.8%
93 The Magic Flute 8k 48.3 67.5%
94 Starlight Express 7.3k 27.2 57.9% Musical
95 On Your Feet! 6.7k 50.7 85.0%
96 Follies 6.4k 51.4 70.5%
97 Riverdance 6.3k 27.5 59.9% Musical
98 Les Miserables - Musical 5.5k 29.8 77.8%
99 The Music Man 5.2k 51.0 61.1%
100 Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) 5.2k 40.2 63.8%

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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 musical 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 musical in Japan?

Cats (musical) currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.6M people in Japan.

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