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Top 100 Musical genres in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 633 musical genres tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. K-pop, Popular music and Pop music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 884k, and the largest, K-pop, reaches around 5.3M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each musical genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea 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 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 House music 527k 30.5 44.4% Musical genre
52 Dance-pop 496k 26.3 60.9% Musical genre
53 Atlanta hip hop 488k 27.6 38.5% Musical genre
54 Pinoy pop 482k 36.7 61.8% Musical genre
55 Reggae 479k 29.7 49.1% Musical genre
56 Mandopop 471k 28.8 50.6% Musical genre
57 Indie pop 427k 27.8 59.4% Musical genre
58 New wave music 408k 29.1 54.7% Musical genre
59 Soundtrack 381k 26.0 49.9% Musical genre
60 Old-school hip hop 379k 25.9 46.4% Musical genre
61 American folk music 376k 35.9 28.1% Musical genre
62 Reggaeton 369k 30.8 55.2% Musical genre
63 Contemporary Christian music 364k 32.3 51.9% Musical genre
64 Roots reggae 348k 40.0 38.6% Musical genre
65 Hymn 343k 32.8 37.9% Musical genre
66 New-age music 340k 33.9 46.1% Musical genre
67 Independent music 339k 27.9 51.6% Musical genre
68 Electronica 330k 30.9 45.4% Musical genre
69 Pop rock 326k 28.5 58.7% Musical genre
70 Acid rock 321k 32.3 41.2% Musical genre
71 Underground hip hop 317k 29.8 43.1% Musical genre
72 Afrobeat 314k 27.9 56.1% Musical genre
73 Western swing 310k 41.4 32.1% Musical genre
74 Hard rock 290k 29.1 59.2% Musical genre
75 Reggae genres 282k 35.6 48.1% Musical 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 musical 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 musical genre in South Korea?

K-pop currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.3M people in South Korea.

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