Top 50 Musicals in United States

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest musicals in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 176 musicals tracked in United States, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Wicked (musical), Cats (musical) and Cirque du Soleil lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 23,315,189 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 1,369,745, and the largest, Wicked (musical), reaches around 10,362,658 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.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Wicked (musical)	10,362,658	41.3%	Musical	Music & Radio
2	Cats (musical)	7,313,520	22.9%		Music & Radio
3	Cirque du Soleil	5,639,011	35.1%	Video game	Music & Radio
4	Lord of the Rings (musical)	5,603,000	41.5%	Musical	Music & Radio
5	Chicago (musical)	2,862,284	34.8%	Musical	Music & Radio
6	The Nutcracker	2,720,138	35.3%	Musical	Music & Radio
7	The Music Man	2,004,692	55.0%		Music & Radio
8	Les Misérables (musical)	1,949,082	28.2%		Music & Radio
9	The Book of Mormon (musical)	1,722,001	43.0%		Music & Radio
10	Allegiance (musical)	1,652,449	81.1%		Music & Radio
11	Chess (musical)	1,597,318	11.9%		Music & Radio
12	Grease (lubricant)	1,593,212	32.6%	Musical	Music & Radio
13	Milk and Honey (musical)	1,592,623	45.5%		Music & Radio
14	Hair (musical)	1,428,566	17.9%	Musical	Music & Radio
15	Beauty and the Beast	1,407,630	30.6%		Music & Radio
16	Hamilton (musical)	1,017,080	30.6%	Musical	Music & Radio
17	Beauty and the Beast (musical)	964,923	25.6%		Music & Radio
18	Dear Evan Hansen	952,049	46.9%		Music & Radio
19	Blue Man Group	931,003	53.1%	Musical	Music & Radio
20	In the Heights	840,170	44.8%		Music & Radio
21	Pagliacci	734,288	75.8%		Literature
22	West Side Story	708,545	28.7%		Music & Radio
23	Legally Blonde (musical)	662,420	25.7%		Music & Radio
24	The Wedding Singer (musical)	658,176	73.8%		Music & Radio
25	Alegría (Cirque du Soleil)	649,455	13.2%		Music & Radio
26	Cabaret (musical)	630,219	32.9%		Music & Radio
27	Carousel (musical)	609,189	17.0%		Music & Radio
28	Fiddler on the Roof	572,957	40.6%	Musical	Music & Radio
29	Mary Poppins (musical)	565,817	18.1%	Musical	Music & Radio
30	War Horse (play)	556,762	36.0%		Music & Radio
31	Kinky boots	535,793	44.4%		Music & Radio
32	Riverdance	511,304	30.3%	Musical	Music & Radio
33	Evita (musical)	505,911	19.4%	Musical	Music & Radio
34	The Piano Lesson	504,508	94.5%	Musical	Music & Radio
35	WICKED The Musical	458,085	80.9%		Music & Radio
36	The Sound of Music	457,637	35.8%		Music & Radio
37	Swan Lake	424,660	20.6%	Musical	Music & Radio
38	Follies	413,547	57.9%		Music & Radio
39	Annie (musical)	396,532	21.2%		Music & Radio
40	School of Rock (musical)	392,598	13.7%		Music & Radio
41	The Aristocats	358,779	23.6%	Musical	Music & Radio
42	Footloose (musical)	355,506	11.7%	Musical	Music & Radio
43	Shrek The Musical	350,612	34.0%	Musical	Music & Radio
44	Guys and Dolls	345,786	26.5%		Music & Radio
45	Anything Goes	335,335	6.9%		Music & Radio
46	Hairspray (musical)	334,561	18.8%		Music & Radio
47	Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)	331,989	51.6%		Music & Radio
48	Gypsy (musical)	331,147	14.7%		Music & Radio
49	The Color Purple (musical)	321,285	39.3%		Music & Radio
50	Dreamgirls	320,463	33.2%	Musical	Music & Radio