Popularity ranking · Portugal

The 100 most popular Cuisines in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cuisines in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 142 cuisines tracked in Portugal, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Portuguese cuisine, Vegetarian cuisine and Italian cuisine lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 187k, and the largest, Portuguese cuisine, reaches around 2M people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each cuisine, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Portugal 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 Portugal who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Portuguese cuisine 2M 45.8 58.3% Cuisine
2 Vegetarian cuisine 1.8M 45.5 70.0% Cuisine
3 Italian cuisine 1.8M 44.2 60.5% Cuisine
4 Japanese cuisine 1.2M 43.4 61.4% Cuisine
5 French cuisine 892k 46.4 62.7% Cuisine
6 Chinese cuisine 887k 45.4 65.9% Cuisine
7 Spanish cuisine 855k 47.6 61.1% Cuisine
8 Mediterranean cuisine 762k 46.3 59.6% Cuisine
9 Latin American cuisine 733k 47.5 60.5% Cuisine
10 Mexican cuisine 698k 47.0 63.5% Cuisine
11 Indian cuisine 606k 46.9 59.9% Cuisine
12 German cuisine 553k 47.3 62.4% Cuisine
13 Greek cuisine 516k 47.9 63.5% Cuisine
14 Thai cuisine 450k 47.2 63.8% Cuisine
15 Vietnamese cuisine 448k 47.8 63.8% Cuisine
16 Middle Eastern cuisine 446k 47.7 63.6% Cuisine
17 Korean cuisine 440k 42.8 65.7% Cuisine
18 Brazilian cuisine 331k 47.2 54.9% Cuisine
19 Global cuisine 331k 48.0 61.4% Cuisine
20 spicy food 317k 44.4 66.7% Cuisine
21 Argentine cuisine 162k 46.5 44.9% Cuisine
22 European cuisine 153k 47.8 61.3% Cuisine
23 Asian cuisine 153k 38.5 63.9% Cuisine
24 Puerto Rican cuisine 138k 43.7 49.4% Cuisine
25 Cantonese cuisine 134k 47.4 50.2% Cuisine

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular cuisines compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Portugal and ranks each cuisine 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 cuisine in Portugal?

Portuguese cuisine currently leads with an estimated audience of 2M people in Portugal.

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