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The 100 most popular Music Instruments in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music instruments in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 143 music instruments tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Gibson Guitar Corporation, Theremin and Taylor Guitars lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 373k, and the largest, Gibson Guitar Corporation, reaches around 7.2M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each music instrument, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

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
1 Gibson Guitar Corporation 7.2M 33.9 34.3% Music instrument
2 Theremin 2.1M 38.8 0.0% Music instrument
3 Taylor Guitars 1.8M 35.0 29.8% Music instrument
4 Epiphone 1.8M 34.9 30.0% Music instrument
5 Steel guitar 1.3M 41.0 44.5% Music instrument
6 Roland Corporation 1.2M 39.2 22.6% Music instrument
7 Electronic drum 1.1M 43.5 20.4% Music instrument
8 Korg 887k 37.1 27.6% Music instrument
9 Acoustic bass guitar 789k 47.2 26.3% Music instrument
10 Mesa Boogie 787k 33.2 31.0% Music instrument
11 Rhythm guitar 750k 45.6 24.6% Music instrument
12 Jackson Guitars 634k 44.8 15.3% Music instrument
13 Guitar pick 620k 45.4 34.4% Music instrument
14 Ovation Guitar Company 615k 49.4 19.1% Music instrument
15 Steel-string acoustic guitar 604k 47.5 14.3% Music instrument
16 Steelpan 554k 48.0 55.5% Music instrument
17 orange amplifiers 547k 31.3 41.3% Music instrument
18 Seymour Duncan 504k 48.6 13.0% Music instrument
19 Jazz guitar 498k 47.2 20.8% Music instrument
20 Peavey Electronics 454k 46.0 16.0% Music instrument
21 Jew's harp 449k 44.9 55.7% Music instrument
22 Jazz piano 436k 43.0 39.7% Music instrument
23 Acoustic-electric guitar 409k 46.6 11.3% Music instrument
24 Rickenbacker 407k 48.4 9.6% Music instrument
25 Gretsch 394k 46.5 15.4% Music instrument
26 D'Addario 388k 43.4 13.5% Music instrument
27 Clarion (instrument) 388k 41.4 54.3% Music instrument
28 Oud 369k 36.1 37.2% Music instrument
29 JHS Pedals 320k 36.1 26.0% Music instrument
30 Ludwig Drums 307k 43.0 13.4% Music instrument
31 Player piano 297k 42.5 39.5% Music instrument
32 Electronic piano 277k 40.7 44.7% Music instrument
33 Euphonium 274k 38.8 43.4% Music instrument
34 TC Electronic 273k 47.9 17.2% Music instrument
35 Dean Guitars 270k 46.9 11.0% Music instrument
36 Yamaha Guitars 228k 41.8 0.0% Music instrument
37 Blackstar Amplification 227k 47.7 7.8% Music instrument
38 Twelve-string guitar 226k 44.7 18.2% Music instrument
39 Gretsch Guitars 223k 37.2 39.7% Music instrument
40 Vuvuzela 222k 25.8 40.5% Music instrument
41 Crash cymbal 217k 42.9 19.7% Music instrument
42 Moog 216k 34.8 24.0% Music instrument
43 IK Multimedia 206k 44.1 17.5% Music instrument
44 Steinway & Sons 200k 43.3 39.8% Music instrument
45 Collings Guitars 193k 41.4 23.9% Music instrument
46 DigiTech 188k 48.1 8.7% Music instrument
47 Requinto 186k 35.4 35.3% Music instrument
48 Elixir Strings 184k 45.7 15.0% Music instrument
49 Hammond organ 181k 44.0 31.7% Music instrument
50 Guzheng 178k 40.9 46.8% Music instrument
51 Heavy metal bass 177k 43.8 28.1% Music instrument
52 Cowbell (instrument) 173k 44.0 45.7% Music instrument
53 Alvarez Guitars 168k 51.6 17.0% Music instrument
54 gretsch drums 161k 43.0 0.0% Music instrument
55 Percussion mallet 153k 40.5 34.4% Music instrument
56 Analog modeling synthesizer 148k 38.1 29.5% Music instrument
57 Bandoneon 139k 37.4 22.1% Music instrument
58 novation 138k 32.7 55.6% Music instrument
59 Contrabassoon 137k 42.7 100.0% Music instrument
60 Inlay (guitar) 136k 46.5 70.8% Music instrument
61 Cigar box guitar 118k 49.3 17.2% Music instrument
62 B.C. Rich 117k 47.4 9.2% Music instrument
63 Hang (instrument) 117k 46.5 43.0% Music instrument
64 Hughes & Kettner 115k 42.6 31.2% Music instrument
65 Piccolo trumpet 114k 38.3 55.8% Music instrument
66 Claves 111k 36.2 37.0% Music instrument
67 Xylophone 107k 38.6 40.8% Music instrument
68 Kit violin 99k 40.3 54.8% Music instrument
69 Hurdy gurdy 98k 44.9 26.3% Music instrument
70 Harpsichord 97k 39.4 44.5% Music instrument
71 Hohner Accordions 93k 39.6 15.6% Music instrument
72 Shofar 90k 45.8 67.4% Music instrument
73 charvel guitars 83k 29.4 47.9% Music instrument
74 Soundcraft 83k 45.7 13.9% Music instrument
75 Mey (instrument) 81k 34.6 84.9% Music instrument
76 Seven-string guitar 78k 34.3 2.1% Music instrument
77 Djembe 76k 39.4 38.4% Music instrument
78 Bateria 70k 34.8 30.3% Music instrument
79 Michael Kelly Guitars 70k 43.6 5.1% Music instrument
80 Carvin Corporation 69k 38.7 3.5% Music instrument
81 Surdo 68k 35.2 67.8% Music instrument
82 Ddrum 67k 46.2 14.4% Music instrument
83 Flugelhorn 62k 41.5 22.9% Music instrument
84 Softube 60k 36.0 31.0% Music instrument
85 Nord Keyboards 58k 30.9 31.9% Music instrument
86 Guitar synthesizer 56k 40.8 0.0% Music instrument
87 Bare Knuckle Pickups 48k 30.0 0.0% Music instrument
88 Stomp box 47k 45.1 5.9% Music instrument
89 Ocarina 44k 32.8 32.7% Music instrument
90 Ashdown Engineering 42k 40.0 26.1% Music instrument
91 Theorbo 41k 35.6 83.0% Music instrument
92 Pipa 38k 41.4 23.3% Music instrument
93 Resonator guitar 35k 49.6 7.9% Music instrument
94 Bowed string instrument 34k 50.7 33.1% Music instrument
95 Kakaki 32k 38.2 50.6% Music instrument
96 Minimoog 31k 36.9 21.7% Music instrument
97 Music workstation 29k 40.6 4.7% Music instrument
98 Cavaquinho 29k 33.5 28.9% Music instrument
99 Goblet drum 28k 49.3 12.2% Music instrument
100 Stage piano 27k 43.3 0.0% Music instrument

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular music instruments compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each music instrument by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest music instrument in United States?

Gibson Guitar Corporation currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.2M people in United States.

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