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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
51 Supernatural fiction 22k 38.6 54.6% Literary genre
52 Paperback 20k 43.8 53.5% Literary genre
53 French literature 19k 45.1 59.2% Literary genre
54 American literature 19k 48.9 47.3% Literary genre
55 Medieval fantasy 18k 35.3 44.1% Literary genre
56 Medieval literature 16k 35.3 39.7% Literary genre
57 English poetry 16k 41.9 66.2% Literary genre
58 Legal thriller 15k 43.0 55.5% Literary genre
59 Japanese mythology 15k 28.5 22.3% Literary genre
60 Historical mystery 15k 48.5 59.5% Literary genre
61 Dystopia 14k 45.0 44.9% Literary genre
62 Bildungsroman 14k 35.2 61.3% Literary genre
63 Fan fiction 13k 35.3 79.1% Literary genre
64 Autobiographical novel 11k 35.8 57.9% Literary genre
65 Hard science fiction 11k 40.6 80.4% Literary genre
66 Political satire 10k 33.8 54.8% Literary genre
67 African-American literature 9.2k 34.6 55.3% Literary genre
68 Chinese philosophy 7.8k 50.3 100.0% Literary genre
69 Cozy mystery 6.7k 40.4 57.0% Literary genre
70 Alternate history 4.3k 45.7 33.2% Literary genre
71 Aphorism 2.6k 49.3 64.8% Literary genre
72 Dōjinshi 1.9k 22.5 48.5% Literary genre
73 Young Adult Books 1.2k 32.2 66.0% Literary genre
74 Literary fiction 577 38.9 80.9% Literary genre
75 Arabic literature 379 53.4 55.0% 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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