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Top 100 Cuisines in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cuisines in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 140 cuisines tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Korean cuisine, Chinese cuisine and Japanese cuisine lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 498k, and the largest, Korean cuisine, reaches around 4.6M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each cuisine, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea 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 South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. 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 South Korea, 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 South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Pakistani cuisine 18k 32.6 60.7% Cuisine
52 Brazilian cuisine 17k 30.5 84.8% Cuisine
53 Tex-Mex 14k 38.2 61.8% Cuisine
54 Jamaican cuisine 13k 33.0 58.0% Cuisine
55 Moroccan cuisine 12k 33.0 60.7% Cuisine
56 Bengali cuisine 11k 28.7 79.7% Cuisine
57 Puerto Rican cuisine 8.2k 38.0 64.8% Cuisine
58 Malay cuisine 7.4k 26.1 73.2% Cuisine
59 Irish cuisine 7.4k 28.2 65.6% Cuisine
60 Haute cuisine 5.4k 22.1 5.2% Cuisine
61 South Indian cuisine 5k 30.5 78.3% Cuisine
62 Canadian cuisine 4.6k 26.2 55.6% Cuisine
63 Nepalese cuisine 4.3k 34.8 63.5% Cuisine
64 Mongolian cuisine 4.2k 37.8 45.8% Cuisine
65 Russian cuisine 3.5k 30.7 78.1% Cuisine
66 North Indian cuisine 3.5k 29.6 79.8% Cuisine
67 Cuisine of Hawaii 2.8k 45.5 71.4% Cuisine
68 American Chinese cuisine 2.8k 30.8 52.9% Cuisine
69 Meze 2.6k 43.2 47.3% Cuisine
70 Sri Lankan cuisine 2.5k 34.8 63.9% Cuisine
71 Molecular gastronomy 2.1k 44.8 69.1% Cuisine
72 Finnish cuisine 1.9k 49.9 70.7% Cuisine
73 Argentine cuisine 1.8k 46.3 58.7% Cuisine
74 Danish cuisine 1.8k 47.9 65.7% Cuisine
75 Cambodian cuisine 1.6k 31.1 51.8% Cuisine

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each cuisine 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 cuisine in South Korea?

Korean cuisine currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.6M people in South Korea.

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