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Top 100 Topics in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest topics in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 23k topics tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Entertainment, Business and industry and Shopping and fashion lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 228M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 34M, and the largest, Entertainment, reaches around 78M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each topic, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

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
1 Entertainment 78M 34.4 58.1% Lifestyle cluster
2 Business and industry 76M 32.3 57.5% Lifestyle cluster
3 Shopping and fashion 75M 31.8 61.1% Lifestyle cluster
4 Hobbies and activities 73M 32.2 56.5% Lifestyle cluster
5 Sports 71M 35.6 53.4% Lifestyle cluster
6 Arts and music 70M 33.8 61.1% Lifestyle cluster
7 Food and drink 70M 34.8 62.2% Lifestyle cluster
8 Clothing 62M 34.2 66.1% Lifestyle cluster
9 Sports and outdoors 62M 32.2 49.7% Lifestyle cluster
10 Food 61M 34.8 66.8% Lifestyle cluster
11 Reading 61M 33.3 62.2% Lifestyle cluster
12 Movies 60M 33.4 60.6% Lifestyle cluster
13 Live events 56M 33.8 62.5%
14 Music 55M 33.0 60.0% Field of study
15 Consumer electronics 55M 35.0 59.1% Lifestyle cluster
16 Family and relationships 55M 32.0 64.4%
17 Outdoor recreation 54M 36.5 50.1% Lifestyle cluster
18 Shopping 54M 36.2 59.8% Lifestyle cluster
19 Beauty 49M 34.9 66.4% Beauty
20 Pets 48M 37.2 60.6%
21 Games 48M 33.5 53.1%
22 Vehicles 48M 36.0 48.8% Lifestyle cluster
23 Beverages 46M 34.5 68.6% Lifestyle cluster
24 Cuisine 45M 34.9 68.8% Lifestyle cluster
25 Design 44M 35.3 62.1% Lifestyle cluster

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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 topic 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 topic in Japan?

Entertainment currently leads with an estimated audience of 78M people in Japan.

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