Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Musicals in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest musicals in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 177 musicals tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Wicked (musical), Cats (musical) and Lord of the Rings (musical) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 24M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 790k, and the largest, Wicked (musical), reaches around 9.8M 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 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 The Producers (musical) 179k 45.5 41.6% Musical
77 Les Miserables - Musical 170k 30.5 76.3%
78 Mystère (Cirque du Soleil) 169k 45.7 52.3%
79 Notre-Dame de Paris (musical) 161k 43.8 78.2%
80 La traviata 154k 40.6 63.0%
81 As You Like It 150k 44.5 66.8%
82 The Addams Family (musical) 140k 39.2 100.0% Musical
83 The Bodyguard (musical) 137k 33.4 68.4%
84 Rienzi 134k 41.6 65.6%
85 Pippin (musical) 134k 42.2 66.9%
86 42nd Street (musical) 133k 40.1 68.5%
87 South Pacific (musical) 126k 46.9 65.1% Musical
88 Jekyll & Hyde (musical) 124k 43.3 57.9%
89 Requiem (Mozart) 123k 46.2 61.1%
90 Newsies (musical) 122k 37.7 72.6% Musical
91 Peppa Pig Live 121k 30.6 54.4%
92 Lord of the Dance (musical) 116k 41.5 60.6%
93 Ghost the Musical 114k 39.5 62.5%
94 Black Nazarene 113k 41.8 63.4% Musical
95 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical) 110k 37.0 71.4%
96 We Will Rock You (musical) 107k 34.2 55.0%
97 Grease (musical) 101k 42.2 63.4% Musical
98 Sunday in the Park with George 100k 36.5 77.2% Musical
99 Delirium (Cirque du Soleil) 100k 36.9 61.6%
100 You and Me (Peking opera) 99k 24.7 50.7%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular musicals 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 9.8M people in United States.

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