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The 100 most popular Literary Genres in Sweden

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in Sweden, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 102 literary genres tracked in Sweden, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Fairy tale lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 181k, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 1.7M people in Sweden. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Sweden who actively engage with each literary genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Sweden 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 Sweden who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Sweden. 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 Sweden, 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 Sweden. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Bildungsroman 1.9k 31.1 63.2% Literary genre
77 Flash fiction 1.1k 40.9 67.2% Literary genre
78 Japanese horror 646 31.4 16.2% Literary genre
79 Chinese philosophy 644 38.7 64.6% Literary genre
80 Arabic poetry 547 19.0 100.0% Literary genre
81 Contemporary fantasy 495 42.9 83.1% Literary genre
82 Creative nonfiction 454 57.5 86.9% Literary genre
83 First-person narrative 443 48.6 82.7% Literary genre
84 Continental philosophy 385 33.3 59.1% Literary genre
85 Belgian comics 344 39.9 51.5% Literary genre
86 Historical fantasy 286 46.5 63.8% Literary genre
87 Military science fiction 247 41.2 43.1% Literary genre
88 World literature 245 44.7 78.0% Literary genre
89 Legal thriller 175 51.1 71.0% Literary genre
90 Personalized books 174 33.4 84.1% Literary genre
91 Chinese literature 161 42.0 72.0% Literary genre
92 Sufi poetry 154 31.5 19.5% Literary genre
93 Nautical fiction 149 46.5 63.0% Literary genre
94 Tamil literature 148 42.9 71.6% Literary genre
95 Chinese classics 138 43.4 27.8% Literary genre
96 Heroic fantasy 136 43.2 35.1% Literary genre
97 Italian comics 131 38.8 42.4% Literary genre
98 Eastern philosophy 126 23.8 58.9% Literary genre
99 Literary nonsense 115 34.6 62.6% Literary genre
100 Urban fiction 111 37.8 81.3% 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 Sweden 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 Sweden?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.7M people in Sweden.

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