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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
76 Electronica 13M 35.5 49.8% Musical genre
77 Roots rock 13M 46.8 56.4% Musical genre
78 Cover version 13M 39.7 53.0% Musical genre
79 Old-time music 13M 47.0 54.6% Musical genre
80 New-age music 12M 40.5 47.3% Musical genre
81 Western music (North America) 12M 44.6 65.0% Musical genre
82 Grunge 12M 35.8 51.7% Musical genre
83 Contemporary worship music 12M 38.5 66.6% Musical genre
84 Indian rock 12M 39.1 48.3% Musical genre
85 Alternative metal 12M 35.0 45.4% Musical genre
86 Film score 12M 42.2 52.2% Musical genre
87 Old-school hip hop 11M 31.4 44.0% Musical genre
88 Psychedelic rock 11M 37.8 46.0% Musical genre
89 Urban contemporary 11M 37.4 49.0% Musical genre
90 Christian rock 11M 39.9 58.7% Musical genre
91 Garage rock 11M 38.3 45.9% Musical genre
92 Neo soul 10M 37.4 60.5% Musical genre
93 Hymn 10M 38.9 60.2% Musical genre
94 Palm Desert Scene 9.9M 39.9 48.1% Musical genre
95 Pop punk 9.6M 31.5 52.7% Musical genre
96 Modern dance 9.4M 35.4 67.4% Musical genre
97 Post-punk 9.4M 32.8 53.3% Musical genre
98 Britpop 9.3M 34.7 57.0% Musical genre
99 Chicano rock 9.3M 44.6 45.3% Musical genre
100 Rap rock 9.3M 36.0 45.2% 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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