Popularity ranking · Portugal

The 100 most popular Musical Genres in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 635 musical genres tracked in Portugal, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rock music, Pop music and Popular music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 829k, and the largest, Rock music, reaches around 3.5M people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each musical 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 Music of Brazil 885k 40.8 64.9% Musical genre
27 Contemporary R&B 822k 37.8 56.6% Musical genre
28 Tech house 808k 36.0 42.2% Musical genre
29 Electronica 797k 38.4 38.0% Musical genre
30 Latin music (genre) 776k 41.0 59.5% Musical genre
31 Reggae 775k 38.6 46.2% Musical genre
32 Indie rock 769k 37.6 52.0% Musical genre
33 Samba 765k 39.3 57.1% Musical genre
34 Hard rock 758k 41.4 45.9% Musical genre
35 Afrobeat 748k 36.1 49.6% Musical genre
36 Deep house 737k 36.4 41.4% Musical genre
37 Jazz fusion 712k 46.1 54.6% Musical genre
38 Coimbra Fado 708k 50.2 52.6% Musical genre
39 Progressive rock 691k 42.4 49.6% Musical genre
40 Reggaeton 680k 34.9 52.3% Musical genre
41 Kizomba 662k 42.3 59.0% Musical genre
42 Ambient music 655k 41.9 43.8% Musical genre
43 Bossa nova 647k 47.4 62.9% Musical genre
44 Funk carioca 639k 32.3 57.4% Musical genre
45 Bounce music 627k 32.8 50.3% Musical genre
46 Vocal music 624k 44.0 49.7% Musical genre
47 East Coast hip hop 613k 31.9 48.3% Musical genre
48 Cover version 602k 41.9 58.9% Musical genre
49 Baroque pop 594k 39.1 48.5% Musical genre
50 K-pop 592k 36.1 64.4% 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 Portugal 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 Portugal?

Rock music currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.5M people in Portugal.

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