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Top 100 Musical genres in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musical genres in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 781 musical genres tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rock music, Pop music and Hip hop music lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 297M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 27M, and the largest, Rock music, reaches around 109M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each musical 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
26 Indie rock 31M 33.3 48.7% Musical genre
27 Electro (music) 30M Musical genre
28 Southern hip hop 30M 31.1 46.6% Musical genre
29 Dance music 29M 34.6 51.7% Musical genre
30 Bounce music 27M 30.2 44.2% Musical genre
31 Kenyan hip hop 27M 30.3 44.4% Musical genre
32 Southern rock 26M 43.3 51.2% Musical genre
33 Latin music (genre) 26M 37.3 54.0% Musical genre
34 K-pop 25M 32.4 60.6% Musical genre
35 American rock 25M 39.2 56.2% Musical genre
36 Underground hip hop 25M 31.0 46.5% Musical genre
37 Christian hip hop 24M 32.4 51.7% Musical genre
38 House music 24M 34.4 47.9% Musical genre
39 Electronic dance music 23M 34.0 47.3% Musical genre
40 Latin pop 23M 35.2 57.7% Musical genre
41 Afrobeat 23M 33.4 53.8% Musical genre
42 Gangsta rap 21M 30.7 46.3% Musical genre
43 New wave music 21M 37.0 48.6% Musical genre
44 World music 20M 39.3 56.6% Musical genre
45 Midwest hip hop 20M 31.4 48.0% Musical genre
46 Chicano rap 20M 32.2 47.2% Musical genre
47 Country rap 20M 32.5 46.9% Musical genre
48 Contemporary Christian music 20M 39.7 64.5% Musical genre
49 Korean hip hop 20M 30.1 54.4% Musical genre
50 British hip hop 20M 31.8 48.1% Musical 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 musical 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 musical genre in United States?

Rock music currently leads with an estimated audience of 109M people in United States.

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