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The 100 most popular Literary Genres in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 102 literary genres tracked in Portugal, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Novella lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 256k, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 4.6M people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Portugal 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 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
26 Speculative fiction 168k 42.8 53.9% Literary genre
27 Essay 163k 47.8 62.5% Literary genre
28 Memoir 160k 51.7 61.5% Literary genre
29 Adventure fiction 153k 35.6 43.1% Literary genre
30 Sketchbook 142k 38.7 65.4% Literary genre
31 Historical romance 135k 34.7 52.8% Literary genre
32 Dark fantasy 131k 38.2 67.5% Literary genre
33 Graphic novel 130k 39.7 53.7% Literary genre
34 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction 111k 40.9 47.4% Literary genre
35 Shōjo manga 99k 31.2 59.4% Literary genre
36 Superhero fiction 93k 39.6 37.6% Literary genre
37 Urban fantasy 82k 35.6 68.0% Literary genre
38 English literature 80k 45.7 57.2% Literary genre
39 Autobiography 72k 49.7 55.2% Literary genre
40 Furry fandom 72k 48.7 58.8% Literary genre
41 Comic science fiction 67k 44.1 63.7% Literary genre
42 Regency romance 65k 27.7 72.3% Literary genre
43 Philosophical fiction 62k 42.6 91.2% Literary genre
44 Gothic fiction 50k 43.4 57.2% Literary genre
45 Romantic thriller 49k 48.1 62.8% Literary genre
46 Japanese literature 48k 40.1 47.9% Literary genre
47 Romantic poetry 45k 36.3 61.9% Literary genre
48 Seinen manga 37k 29.9 51.4% Literary genre
49 Spy fiction 36k 45.9 43.7% Literary genre
50 Ancient Greek philosophy 31k 46.6 58.1% 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 Portugal 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 Portugal?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.6M people in Portugal.

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