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Top 84 Musicals in United States

This curated ranking covers the 84 largest musicals in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Wicked (musical), Lord of the Rings (musical) and The Nutcracker lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 18M people. Across all 84 entries the average audience size is 507k, and the largest, Wicked (musical), reaches around 9.9M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each musical, 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 84, 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 Lion King 2 310k 23.4 80.5% Musical
27 Big & Rich 295k 38.3 54.3% Musical
28 Repo! The Genetic Opera 288k 25.4 66.7% Musical
29 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film) 284k 43.4 45.5% Musical
30 The Rocky Horror Show 281k 41.4 52.0% Musical
31 Funny Girl (musical) 264k 43.9 68.8% Musical
32 The Phantom of the Opera 250k 33.6 74.7% Musical
33 Dreamgirls (film) 250k 36.1 31.5% Musical
34 Viva Las Vegas 245k 43.5 54.9% Musical
35 A Chorus Line 241k 44.4 59.9% Musical
36 Little Shop of Horrors (musical) 235k 35.9 83.1% Musical
37 Mame (film) 230k 28.4 83.0% Musical
38 Billy Elliot the Musical 224k 39.2 53.2% Musical
39 Tarzan (musical) 218k 33.6 49.0% Musical
40 The Wiz 214k 40.7 59.3% Musical
41 Jesus Christ Superstar 209k 32.8 78.0% Musical
42 The Producers (musical) 184k 45.5 41.6% Musical
43 The Get Down 170k 35.0 51.2% Musical
44 Bugsy Malone 156k 43.7 38.5% Musical
45 The Addams Family (musical) 151k 39.2 100.0% Musical
46 Macbeth (opera) 146k 45.5 64.7% Musical
47 Sholay 133k 33.5 53.0% Musical
48 South Pacific (musical) 126k 46.9 65.1% Musical
49 Newsies (musical) 122k 37.7 72.6% Musical
50 Black Nazarene 113k 41.8 63.4% Musical

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 84 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each musical 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 in United States?

Wicked (musical) currently leads with an estimated audience of 9.9M people in United States.

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