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Top 100 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 144 music instruments tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Theremin, Epiphone and Taylor Guitars lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 298k, and the largest, Theremin, reaches around 2.1M 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 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
51 Elixir Strings 166k 45.0 15.0% Music instrument
52 Collings Guitars 165k 40.6 23.9% Music instrument
53 Percussion mallet 153k 39.8 34.4% Music instrument
54 Analog modeling synthesizer 148k 37.4 29.5% Music instrument
55 Bandoneon 139k 36.7 22.1% Music instrument
56 Inlay (guitar) 136k 45.8 70.8% Music instrument
57 Contrabassoon 136k 42.1 100.0% Music instrument
58 novation 131k 32.0 55.6% Music instrument
59 gretsch drums 124k 42.4 0.0% Music instrument
60 B.C. Rich 122k 46.6 9.2% Music instrument
61 Cigar box guitar 118k 48.5 17.2% Music instrument
62 Hang (instrument) 117k 45.8 43.0% Music instrument
63 Piccolo trumpet 114k 37.6 55.8% Music instrument
64 Claves 111k 35.6 37.0% Music instrument
65 Xylophone 107k 37.8 40.8% Music instrument
66 Kit violin 99k 39.6 54.8% Music instrument
67 Hurdy gurdy 98k 44.2 26.3% Music instrument
68 Harpsichord 97k 38.7 44.5% Music instrument
69 Shofar 90k 45.1 67.4% Music instrument
70 Soundcraft 83k 44.9 13.9% Music instrument
71 Hohner Accordions 82k 38.9 15.6% Music instrument
72 Mey (instrument) 79k 33.9 84.9% Music instrument
73 charvel guitars 79k 28.6 47.9% Music instrument
74 Seven-string guitar 78k 33.5 2.1% Music instrument
75 Djembe 76k 38.7 38.4% Music instrument

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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 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 refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest music instrument in United States?

Theremin currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.1M people in United States.

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