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
51 Jazz fusion 163k 43.7 48.6% Musical genre
52 Tech house 162k 37.0 48.2% Musical genre
53 Boogie-woogie 161k 49.2 30.1% Musical genre
54 Afrobeat 161k 35.5 44.9% Musical genre
55 New-age music 160k 47.9 49.8% Musical genre
56 Indie pop 159k 36.4 51.3% Musical genre
57 Christian hip hop 153k 30.9 44.0% Musical genre
58 Vocal music 152k 43.4 46.6% Musical genre
59 Southern hip hop 148k 31.4 36.4% Musical genre
60 Psychedelic rock 146k 43.5 40.3% Musical genre
61 Midwest hip hop 141k 35.2 48.2% Musical genre
62 Folk rock 139k 47.6 50.5% Musical genre
63 British hip hop 139k 34.3 53.4% Musical genre
64 Film score 137k 45.7 41.4% Musical genre
65 French hip hop 132k 33.8 40.8% Musical genre
66 Deep house 132k 37.4 48.6% Musical genre
67 Atlanta hip hop 129k 38.0 58.2% Musical genre
68 Chicano rap 128k 33.3 54.8% Musical genre
69 Trance music 127k 38.9 47.4% Musical genre
70 Country rap 127k 34.0 45.7% Musical genre
71 Swing music 125k 43.7 53.4% Musical genre
72 Korean hip hop 124k 31.5 50.1% Musical genre
73 Thrash metal 124k 41.5 33.5% Musical genre
74 Underground hip hop 124k 32.2 39.3% Musical genre
75 Reggaeton 123k 33.8 47.9% 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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