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Top 100 Persons in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest persons in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 38k persons tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Don Quixote, Jal (band) and BTS lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 78M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4.7M, and the largest, Don Quixote, reaches around 31M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each person, 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 seventeen 4.6M 25.1 78.8% K-pop
27 G-Dragon 4.6M 28.8 74.7% Hip hop
28 LE SSERAFIM 4.4M 29.5 74.3% K-pop
29 King Gnu 4.4M 27.5 59.1% Pop
30 Big Bang (South Korean band) 4.3M 29.4 74.2% Band
31 Miss A 4.3M 27.1 69.1% Band
32 Exile (Japanese band) 4.2M 32.6 66.0%
33 IU (singer) 4.1M 28.9 75.6% Singer-songwriter
34 APEX 4M 28.9 32.7% Singer-songwriter
35 Glay 4M 32.8 67.3% Band
36 Aiko (singer) 3.9M 32.6 61.3% Pop
37 Hyde (musician) 3.9M 31.5 74.3% Rock
38 LISA 3.8M 31.9 66.4% K-Pop
39 BLACKPINK 3.7M 29.4 74.6% K-pop
40 TWS 3.7M 35.5 44.8% K-pop
41 NewJeans 3.7M 29.4 74.6% K-pop
42 Daigo (musician) 3.6M 28.9 40.7% Singer-songwriter
43 Exo (band) 3.5M 29.5 72.8%
44 Jill Stuart 3.4M 31.7 79.4% Fashion designer
45 UNER 3.4M 30.5 9.6% DJ
46 Yoshiki (musician) 3.3M 37.2 65.0% Rock
47 SMAP 3.2M 35.6 68.0%
48 FRUITS ZIPPER 3.2M 31.7 61.6% Pop
49 Spoons 3.1M 50.7 82.8% New wave
50 Juju 3.1M 28.6 37.6% Singer-songwriter

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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 person 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 person in Japan?

Don Quixote currently leads with an estimated audience of 31M people in Japan.

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