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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
76 Russian literature 331 45.2 62.5% Literary genre
77 Flash fiction 308 41.0 66.6% Literary genre
78 Japanese horror 209 31.5 16.2% Literary genre
79 Extended essay 191 38.9 56.6% Literary genre
80 Belgian comics 182 40.1 50.8% Literary genre
81 First-person narrative 175 48.7 82.0% Literary genre
82 Contemporary fantasy 162 43.0 82.7% Literary genre
83 Utopian and dystopian fiction 162 44.8 65.9% Literary genre
84 Historical fantasy 155 46.6 63.2% Literary genre
85 Personalized books 148 33.4 84.1% Literary genre
86 World literature 148 45.9 66.8% Literary genre
87 Nautical fiction 147 46.7 62.1% Literary genre
88 Continental philosophy 144 33.4 58.9% Literary genre
89 Chinese classics 138 43.7 27.2% Literary genre
90 Heroic fantasy 125 43.5 34.5% Literary genre
91 Chinese literature 122 41.9 80.6% Literary genre
92 Military science fiction 121 42.1 52.7% Literary genre
93 Creative nonfiction 115 42.6 73.2% Literary genre
94 Italian comics 111 39.0 42.0% Literary genre
95 Urban fiction 109 37.9 81.0% Literary genre
96 Arabic poetry 101 19.0 100.0% Literary genre
97 Literary nonsense 97 34.7 62.4% Literary genre
98 Sufi poetry 86 31.8 19.4% Literary genre
99 Nepali literature 81 30.8 26.0% Literary genre
100 Polish literature 75 30.4 59.6% 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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