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The 100 most popular Literary Genres in Netherlands

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in Netherlands, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 104 literary genres tracked in Netherlands, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Fairy tale lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 235k, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 4.1M people in Netherlands. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Netherlands who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Netherlands 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 Netherlands who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Hard science fiction 8.2k 32.4 59.3% Literary genre
77 Tamil literature 8.2k 29.6 47.7% Literary genre
78 Chinese literature 7.1k 40.5 68.1% Literary genre
79 Alternate history 4.3k 45.3 31.9% Literary genre
80 Sufi poetry 3.2k 19.0 60.0% Literary genre
81 Hindi literature 2.6k 32.4 29.0% Literary genre
82 Belgian comics 2.6k 37.1 100.0% Literary genre
83 Dōjinshi 2.5k 25.5 58.4% Literary genre
84 Chinese philosophy 2.2k 54.4 75.1% Literary genre
85 Academic writing 2.1k 26.5 62.1% Literary genre
86 Japanese horror 1.4k 31.9 15.4% Literary genre
87 Flash fiction 1k 40.9 65.4% Literary genre
88 Arabic poetry 860 19.0 100.0% Literary genre
89 First-person narrative 778 48.6 81.4% Literary genre
90 Continental philosophy 776 33.5 57.6% Literary genre
91 Creative nonfiction 630 20.4 73.8% Literary genre
92 Contemporary fantasy 467 42.9 81.4% Literary genre
93 Utopian and dystopian fiction 371 44.6 64.9% Literary genre
94 Heroic fantasy 360 43.2 33.0% Literary genre
95 Historical fantasy 324 46.4 61.7% Literary genre
96 Personalized books 303 22.7 93.0% Literary genre
97 Eastern philosophy 293 23.9 58.4% Literary genre
98 Chinese classics 182 43.4 26.1% Literary genre
99 Italian comics 168 39.0 40.3% Literary genre
100 Nautical fiction 153 46.5 61.0% Literary genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular literary genres compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Netherlands 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 Netherlands?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.1M people in Netherlands.

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