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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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
51 Latin pop 564k 38.8 63.8% Musical genre
52 Alternative hip hop 547k 33.1 42.1% Musical genre
53 New wave music 541k 41.5 46.9% Musical genre
54 Disco 533k 38.0 42.6% Musical genre
55 Forró 532k 44.5 53.8% Musical genre
56 Funk ostentação 517k 32.1 57.1% Musical genre
57 Music school 488k 41.3 46.4% Musical genre
58 American rock 474k 42.7 51.8% Musical genre
59 West Coast hip hop 449k 33.1 41.4% Musical genre
60 Hymn 427k 45.9 59.8% Musical genre
61 Christian hip hop 426k 33.8 49.0% Musical genre
62 Proibidão 416k 32.0 55.1% Musical genre
63 American folk music 405k 44.9 53.0% Musical genre
64 Music of Africa 404k 37.2 50.7% Musical genre
65 Plena 402k 41.6 77.2% Musical genre
66 Hardcore punk 401k 39.1 51.5% Musical genre
67 Indie pop 395k 36.7 54.2% Musical genre
68 Detroit techno 388k 35.1 35.6% Musical genre
69 Chicano rap 381k 40.3 50.9% Musical genre
70 Trance music 381k 36.3 38.9% Musical genre
71 Minimal techno 372k 34.0 41.1% Musical genre
72 art music 365k 47.3 53.0% Musical genre
73 New-age music 362k 41.9 52.1% Musical genre
74 Country rap 352k 40.0 52.1% Musical genre
75 Modern dance 352k 38.9 65.8% 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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