Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular 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 532 composers tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. John Williams, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 10M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 287k, 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 224k 32.7 79.8% Composer
27 Jimmie Vaughan 219k 51.8 26.2% Composer
28 Laurie Anderson 212k 44.9 49.0% Composer
29 Butch Vig 207k 40.8 47.5% Composer
30 Ennio Morricone 207k 42.7 55.2% Composer
31 Vince Guaraldi 196k 33.2 34.3% Composer
32 James McMurtry 195k 48.5 22.6% Composer
33 André Previn 195k Composer
34 Aaron Copland 193k 45.0 57.8% Composer
35 Ahmet Zappa 191k Composer
36 Atticus Ross 185k 38.8 51.0% Composer
37 Chris Botti 184k 48.7 55.6% Composer
38 David Axelrod 182k 46.0 51.3% Composer
39 Max Richter 181k 39.8 45.5% Composer
40 Phil Coulter 179k Composer
41 Alan Silvestri 173k 30.4 35.7% Composer
42 Michael Tilson Thomas 168k 45.4 45.1% Composer
43 Marvin Hamlisch 164k 40.5 83.8% Composer
44 John Barry (composer) 163k 50.2 8.1% Composer
45 Jean-Michel Jarre 162k 48.0 0.0% Composer
46 Roy Ayers 161k 36.7 77.3% Composer
47 Fats Waller 160k 54.2 62.0% Composer
48 Antônio Carlos Jobim 156k 49.2 54.7% Composer
49 Giorgio Moroder 155k 42.9 50.2% Composer
50 Lalo Schifrin 154k Composer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular composers 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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