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Top 100 Literary genres in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literary genres in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 118 literary genres tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Humour, Fiction books and Comic book lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 185M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 7M, and the largest, Humour, reaches around 93M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each literary genre, 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
76 Russian literature 272k 34.2 71.2% Literary genre
77 Christian literature 250k 49.3 76.6% Literary genre
78 Tamil literature 247k 34.2 52.0% Literary genre
79 Nautical fiction 213k 42.5 57.9% Literary genre
80 Aphorism 208k 40.4 57.5% Literary genre
81 Chinese literature 205k 40.2 63.6% Literary genre
82 Heroic fantasy 194k 40.1 30.2% Literary genre
83 Utopian and dystopian fiction 183k 40.6 62.5% Literary genre
84 Continental philosophy 177k 33.8 35.3% Literary genre
85 Arabic literature 149k 41.8 50.3% Literary genre
86 Dōjinshi 148k 30.5 40.4% Literary genre
87 American poetry 122k 33.5 84.7% Literary genre
88 Urban fiction 120k 34.3 80.1% Literary genre
89 Chinese philosophy 110k 37.1 56.9% Literary genre
90 Academic writing 104k 42.9 61.4% Literary genre
91 Historical fantasy 103k 43.2 57.4% Literary genre
92 French literature 92k 39.3 55.8% Literary genre
93 World literature 88k 46.9 69.4% Literary genre
94 Hindi literature 86k 34.7 62.0% Literary genre
95 Literary nonsense 84k 40.9 57.3% Literary genre
96 Sufi poetry 77k 30.5 66.8% Literary genre
97 Creative nonfiction 73k 36.4 71.2% Literary genre
98 Flash fiction 66k 36.9 65.1% Literary genre
99 Eastern philosophy 63k 41.0 43.7% Literary genre
100 Apocalyptic literature 49k 42.0 59.9% Literary genre

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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 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 United States?

Humour currently leads with an estimated audience of 93M people in United States.

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