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Top 100 Composers in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest composers in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 531 composers tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. John Williams, Danny Elfman and Björk lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 292k, and the largest, John Williams, reaches around 5M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each composer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States 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 United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Alan Menken 213k 32.7 79.8% Composer
27 Jimmie Vaughan 212k 51.8 26.2% Composer
28 James McMurtry 209k 48.5 22.6% Composer
29 Vince Guaraldi 201k 33.2 34.3% Composer
30 Laurie Anderson 199k 44.9 49.0% Composer
31 Aaron Copland 196k 45.0 57.8% Composer
32 Joe Hisaishi 196k 26.5 46.6% Composer
33 Chris Botti 190k 48.7 55.6% Composer
34 Ahmet Zappa 186k Composer
35 Atticus Ross 184k 38.8 51.0% Composer
36 Roy Ayers 180k 36.7 77.3% Composer
37 Alan Silvestri 177k 30.4 35.7% Composer
38 Phil Coulter 174k Composer
39 Max Richter 171k 39.8 45.5% Composer
40 David Axelrod 168k 46.0 51.3% Composer
41 Jean-Michel Jarre 166k 48.0 0.0% Composer
42 André Previn 164k Composer
43 John Barry (composer) 159k 50.2 8.1% Composer
44 Giorgio Moroder 157k 42.9 50.2% Composer
45 John Cage 153k 43.1 54.1% Composer
46 Fats Waller 151k 54.2 62.0% Composer
47 Marvin Hamlisch 150k 40.5 83.8% Composer
48 Lalo Schifrin 144k Composer
49 Anirudh Ravichander 142k 33.3 48.1% Composer
50 James Newton Howard 141k 32.3 63.8% Composer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each composer 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 composer in United States?

John Williams currently leads with an estimated audience of 5M people in United States.

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