Popularity ranking · Portugal

The 100 most popular Musicals in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musicals in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 145 musicals tracked in Portugal, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cats (musical), Ovo (Cirque du Soleil) and Cirque du Soleil lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 518k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 19k, and the largest, Cats (musical), reaches around 284k people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each musical, 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
26 Matilda the Musical 18k 36.5 55.6% Musical
27 We Will Rock You (musical) 18k 52.6 66.4%
28 Legally Blonde (musical) 18k 22.7 60.3%
29 Beauty and the Beast (musical) 17k 39.8 64.3%
30 Billy Elliot the Musical 17k 44.4 59.2% Musical
31 Jesus Christ Superstar 13k 36.9 79.1% Musical
32 The Book of Mormon (musical) 12k 35.4 83.5%
33 The Aristocats 12k 33.3 73.1% Musical
34 Chicago (musical) 11k 31.3 69.4% Musical
35 Cabaret (musical) 11k 33.7 49.8%
36 The Sound of Music 11k 47.9 62.8%
37 The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical) 11k 43.1 62.3%
38 Twelfth Night 10k 46.6 100.0%
39 The Bodyguard (musical) 10k 48.0 74.8%
40 We Will Rock You 10k 39.6 71.8%
41 The Phantom of the Opera 9.7k 38.4 75.6% Musical
42 Chat Noir 8.3k 36.5 66.7%
43 In the Heights 7.6k 36.0 67.7%
44 The Color Purple (musical) 6.7k 45.0 65.5%
45 Waitress (Musical) 6.6k 43.3 79.7%
46 Anything Goes 6.3k 44.5 84.1%
47 Rock of Ages (musical) 6.2k 46.3 55.2%
48 Giselle 6k 39.4 94.0%
49 War Horse (play) 5.7k 46.2 72.8%
50 The Addams Family (musical) 5.7k 32.1 100.0% Musical

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musicals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Portugal and ranks each musical 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 in Portugal?

Cats (musical) currently leads with an estimated audience of 284k people in Portugal.

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