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Top 100 Literary genres in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 102 literary genres tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Fiction books, Bestseller and Manga lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 523k, and the largest, Fiction books, reaches around 4.8M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each literary genre, 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
76 Japanese horror 338 31.5 16.2% Literary genre
77 Contemporary fantasy 287 43.0 82.7% Literary genre
78 French literature 242 34.6 74.1% Literary genre
79 World literature 229 27.5 100.0% Literary genre
80 Creative nonfiction 190 42.6 73.2% Literary genre
81 Utopian and dystopian fiction 172 44.8 65.9% Literary genre
82 Continental philosophy 171 33.4 58.9% Literary genre
83 Belgian comics 160 40.1 50.8% Literary genre
84 Historical fantasy 153 46.6 63.2% Literary genre
85 Nautical fiction 147 46.7 62.1% Literary genre
86 Chinese classics 137 43.7 27.2% Literary genre
87 Tamil literature 124 42.2 42.4% Literary genre
88 Eastern philosophy 113 23.9 58.8% Literary genre
89 Italian comics 110 39.0 42.0% Literary genre
90 Historical mystery 108 26.9 100.0% Literary genre
91 Urban fiction 108 37.9 81.0% Literary genre
92 Cozy mystery 100 23.3 82.2% Literary genre
93 Literary nonsense 96 34.7 62.4% Literary genre
94 Arabic literature 89 30.1 100.0% Literary genre
95 Personalized books 88 33.4 84.1% Literary genre
96 Arabic poetry 88 19.0 100.0% Literary genre
97 Sufi poetry 79 31.8 19.4% Literary genre
98 Nepali literature 78 27.7 0.0% Literary genre
99 Medieval literature 77 30.1 27.1% Literary genre
100 Polish literature 74 30.4 59.6% Literary genre

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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 literary genre 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 literary genre in South Korea?

Fiction books currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.8M people in South Korea.

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