Top 50 Composers in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest composers in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 127 composers tracked in South Korea, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Muffler, Pep's and John Williams lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 208,723 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 6,521, and the largest, Muffler, reaches around 171,002 people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each composer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Muffler	171,002	6.6%	Composer	Cars & Mobility
2	Pep's	19,472	0.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
3	John Williams	18,249	0.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
4	Hans Zimmer	11,968	0.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
5	Henry VIII of England	9,910	0.1%	Composer	Politics & Society
6	Ennio Morricone	7,701	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
7	A. R. Rahman	6,740	0.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
8	Joe Hisaishi	5,635	1.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
9	Ralph Vaughan Williams	3,383	0.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
10	Anirudh Ravichander	3,333	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
11	Albert Schweitzer	3,148	0.2%	Composer	Health
12	Oneohtrix Point Never	3,098	1.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
13	Björk	3,096	0.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
14	Kaytranada	2,901	0.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
15	Giorgio Moroder	2,743	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
16	George Gershwin	2,669	0.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
17	Daniel Barenboim	2,569	0.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
18	Max Richter	2,533	0.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
19	Mura Masa	2,486	0.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
20	Alan Menken	2,322	0.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
21	Yanni	2,264	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
22	Roy Ayers	2,257	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
23	Edvard Grieg	2,208	0.3%	Composer	Literature
24	John Bull (composer)	1,958	0.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
25	Jean-Michel Jarre	1,793	0.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
26	Philip Glass	1,788	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
27	Vanessa-Mae	1,696	0.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
28	Grover Washington, Jr.	1,647	0.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
29	Benjamin Britten	1,646	0.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
30	John Cage	1,640	0.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
31	John Barry (composer)	1,554	0.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
32	Caetano Veloso	1,490	0.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
33	Aaron Copland	1,479	0.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
34	Samuel Barber	1,455	0.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
35	Georg Solti	1,400	2.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
36	Ilaiyaraaja	1,378	0.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
37	Michael Giacchino	1,377	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
38	Loreena McKennitt	1,316	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
39	Danny Elfman	1,270	0.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
40	Marcus Miller	1,065	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
41	Yann Tiersen	1,065	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
42	Ólafur Arnalds	985	0.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
43	Tina Guo	936	0.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
44	Chris Botti	873	0.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
45	Jordan Rudess	805	0.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
46	Stephen Sondheim	799	0.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
47	Alban Berg	785	0.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
48	Kevin Murphy	745	0.1%	Composer	Beauty & Wellness
49	Richard Rodgers	742	0.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
50	John Adams (composer)	687	1.1%	Composer	Music & Radio