Popularity ranking · Norway

The 100 most popular Musical Genres in Norway

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in Norway, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 640 musical genres tracked in Norway, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rock music, Pop music and Jazz music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 292k, and the largest, Rock music, reaches around 1.7M people in Norway. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Norway who actively engage with each musical 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
26 Indie rock 312k 38.6 44.0% Musical genre
27 K-pop 293k 38.4 61.4% Musical genre
28 Funk 285k 37.1 40.6% Musical genre
29 New wave music 270k 43.3 47.5% Musical genre
30 Old-time music 264k 34.4 59.7% Musical genre
31 Progressive rock 263k 45.1 39.7% Musical genre
32 American folk music 255k 48.2 47.3% Musical genre
33 World music 253k 45.0 53.0% Musical genre
34 Pop rock 250k 40.6 51.1% Musical genre
35 Music school 219k 42.7 42.8% Musical genre
36 Christmas music 217k 42.0 69.9% Musical genre
37 Acid rock 216k 40.1 45.6% Musical genre
38 Electronica 216k 40.3 49.9% Musical genre
39 Reggae 212k 38.3 48.9% Musical genre
40 East Coast hip hop 212k 28.6 41.4% Musical genre
41 Blues rock 201k 44.7 39.1% Musical genre
42 Baroque pop 200k 39.4 52.1% Musical genre
43 Bounce music 200k 28.5 42.5% Musical genre
44 Kenyan hip hop 199k 28.5 42.5% Musical genre
45 American rock 198k 40.0 54.0% Musical genre
46 Alternative hip hop 198k 32.2 39.6% Musical genre
47 Disco 193k 41.4 46.7% Musical genre
48 Hardcore punk 190k 39.3 41.3% Musical genre
49 West Coast hip hop 172k 31.5 38.0% Musical genre
50 Southern rock 172k 43.6 45.2% Musical genre

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Frequently asked questions

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

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Norway 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 Norway?

Rock music currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.7M people in Norway.

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