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The 100 most popular Literary Genres in Norway

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in Norway, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 102 literary genres tracked in Norway, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fairy tale and Fiction books lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 75k, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 911k people in Norway. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Norway who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Norway 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 Norway who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Flash fiction 451 41.0 66.6% Literary genre
77 First-person narrative 385 48.7 82.0% Literary genre
78 Chinese philosophy 369 38.8 64.3% Literary genre
79 Japanese horror 300 31.5 16.2% Literary genre
80 Arabic poetry 222 19.0 100.0% Literary genre
81 Continental philosophy 219 33.4 58.9% Literary genre
82 World literature 219 49.0 100.0% Literary genre
83 Legal thriller 179 51.2 69.9% Literary genre
84 Belgian comics 173 40.1 50.8% Literary genre
85 Historical fantasy 171 46.6 63.2% Literary genre
86 Contemporary fantasy 153 43.0 82.7% Literary genre
87 Nautical fiction 151 46.7 62.1% Literary genre
88 Heroic fantasy 150 43.5 34.5% Literary genre
89 Chinese classics 141 43.7 27.2% Literary genre
90 Personalized books 136 33.4 84.1% Literary genre
91 Italian comics 122 39.0 42.0% Literary genre
92 Creative nonfiction 117 42.6 73.2% Literary genre
93 Tamil literature 113 35.3 79.2% Literary genre
94 Urban fiction 111 37.9 81.0% Literary genre
95 Chinese literature 107 38.4 94.1% Literary genre
96 Literary nonsense 99 34.7 62.4% Literary genre
97 Sufi poetry 94 31.8 19.4% Literary genre
98 Eastern philosophy 86 23.9 58.8% Literary genre
99 Nepali literature 82 30.8 26.0% Literary genre
100 Polish literature 76 30.4 59.6% 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 Norway 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 Norway?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 911k people in Norway.

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