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The 100 most popular Horrors in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest horrors in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 103 horrors tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Saw (2004 film), The Conjuring and Scream (1996 film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 29M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1M, and the largest, Saw (2004 film), reaches around 12M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each horror, 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 Scream 3 1.1M 38.1 42.4% Horror
27 House of Wax (2005 film) 1M 33.4 54.4% Horror
28 Eraserhead 975k 41.5 45.1% Horror
29 The Mist 968k 36.7 56.9% Horror
30 Frankenweenie (2012 film) 942k 41.5 67.2% Horror
31 Evil Dead 934k 29.6 41.8% Horror
32 The Babadook 906k 39.6 41.8% Horror
33 A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) 901k 34.4 45.2% Horror
34 The Collector (2009 film) 881k 44.9 35.9% Horror
35 Queen of the Damned 843k 31.4 72.4% Horror
36 The Blair Witch Project 839k 39.2 49.8% Horror
37 The Cabin in the Woods 795k 41.7 45.1% Horror
38 Dawn of the Dead (2004 film) 747k 34.8 33.5% Horror
39 Hemlock Grove (TV series) 725k 43.5 47.6% Horror
40 Frankenweenie 688k 26.9 73.2% Horror
41 Let the Right One In (film) 679k Horror
42 Ghost Ship (2002 film) 677k 40.0 18.2% Horror
43 Creepshow 673k 38.8 49.1% Horror
44 Christine (1983 film) 653k 38.0 33.0% Horror
45 The Crazies (2010 film) 615k 44.6 57.2% Horror
46 Scream Queens (2015 TV series) 597k 28.7 76.0% Horror
47 Ouija (2007 film) 593k 39.2 54.1% Horror
48 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) 592k 37.3 60.6% Horror
49 Interview with the Vampire 530k 35.0 72.5% Horror
50 Black Christmas (1974 film) 522k 42.4 54.5% Horror

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular horrors compiled?

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

Saw (2004 film) currently leads with an estimated audience of 12M people in United States.

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