Song Keys Ranked By Popularity

The most popular keys in each scale drawn from over 30,000 songs in the TheoryTab database

Major

  1. C Major (16%)
  2. D Major (12%)
  3. G Major (12%)
  4. A Major (10%)
  5. E Major (10%)
  6. F Major (9%)
  7. E♭ Major (7%)
  8. B♭ Major (6%)
  9. D♭ Major (5%)
  10. F♯ Major (5%)
  11. B Major (5%)
  12. A♭ Major (5%)

Minor

  1. A Minor (12%)
  2. E Minor (12%)
  3. C Minor (11%)
  4. D Minor (11%)
  5. B Minor (9%)
  6. G Minor (8%)
  7. F♯ Minor (7%)
  8. F Minor (7%)
  9. C♯ Minor (7%)
  10. D♯ Minor (6%)
  11. B♭ Minor (5%)
  12. G♯ Minor (5%)

Mixolydian

  1. A Mixolydian (14%)
  2. E Mixolydian (13%)
  3. G Mixolydian (13%)
  4. D Mixolydian (12%)
  5. C Mixolydian (12%)
  6. B Mixolydian (6%)
  7. F Mixolydian (6%)
  8. B♭ Mixolydian (6%)
  9. A♭ Mixolydian (5%)
  10. C♯ Mixolydian (5%)
  11. E♭ Mixolydian (4%)
  12. F♯ Mixolydian (4%)

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (14%)
  2. E Dorian (13%)
  3. A Dorian (13%)
  4. C Dorian (11%)
  5. G Dorian (10%)
  6. F Dorian (8%)
  7. B Dorian (7%)
  8. E♭ Dorian (6%)
  9. F♯ Dorian (5%)
  10. C♯ Dorian (5%)
  11. B♭ Dorian (4%)
  12. G♯ Dorian (4%)

Lydian

  1. F Lydian (15%)
  2. C Lydian (15%)
  3. D Lydian (9%)
  4. A Lydian (9%)
  5. G Lydian (9%)
  6. E Lydian (8%)
  7. E♭ Lydian (7%)
  8. A♭ Lydian (7%)
  9. D♭ Lydian (7%)
  10. B♭ Lydian (6%)
  11. B Lydian (5%)
  12. G♭ Lydian (3%)

Phrygian

  1. E Phrygian (16%)
  2. C Phrygian (11%)
  3. D Phrygian (10%)
  4. A Phrygian (9%)
  5. G Phrygian (9%)
  6. D♯ Phrygian (9%)
  7. F Phrygian (9%)
  8. C♯ Phrygian (7%)
  9. B Phrygian (6%)
  10. F♯ Phrygian (6%)
  11. A♯ Phrygian (4%)
  12. G♯ Phrygian (3%)

Locrian

  1. D Locrian (17%)
  2. B Locrian (15%)
  3. D♯ Locrian (12%)
  4. C Locrian (10%)
  5. F♯ Locrian (9%)
  6. A Locrian (9%)
  7. E Locrian (8%)
  8. G Locrian (6%)
  9. C♯ Locrian (6%)
  10. E♯ Locrian (4%)
  11. A♯ Locrian (4%)
  12. G♯ Locrian (1%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (4823)
  2. D Major (3849)
  3. G Major (3569)
  4. A Major (3117)
  5. E Major (3017)
  6. F Major (2686)
  7. A Minor (2592)
  8. E Minor (2500)
  9. C Minor (2373)
  10. D Minor (2244)
  11. E♭ Major (2126)
  12. B♭ Major (1886)
  13. B Minor (1817)
  14. G Minor (1757)
  15. D♭ Major (1514)
  16. F♯ Major (1499)
  17. F♯ Minor (1494)
  18. B Major (1486)
  19. A♭ Major (1436)
  20. F Minor (1413)
  21. C♯ Minor (1403)
  1. D♯ Minor (1246)
  2. B♭ Minor (1130)
  3. G♯ Minor (1027)
  4. A Mixolydian (412)
  5. E Mixolydian (376)
  6. G Mixolydian (374)
  7. D Mixolydian (363)
  8. D Dorian (350)
  9. C Mixolydian (346)
  10. E Dorian (322)
  11. A Dorian (312)
  12. C Dorian (264)
  13. G Dorian (237)
  14. F Dorian (193)
  15. B Mixolydian (188)
  16. B Dorian (182)
  17. F Mixolydian (179)
  18. B♭ Mixolydian (177)
  19. E♭ Dorian (146)
  20. A♭ Mixolydian (140)
  21. C♯ Mixolydian (137)
  1. E♭ Mixolydian (133)
  2. F♯ Mixolydian (131)
  3. F♯ Dorian (122)
  4. C♯ Dorian (113)
  5. E Phrygian (109)
  6. B♭ Dorian (100)
  7. G♯ Dorian (96)
  8. C Phrygian (78)
  9. D Phrygian (71)
  10. F Lydian (66)
  11. C Lydian (66)
  12. A Phrygian (64)
  13. G Phrygian (59)
  14. D♯ Phrygian (59)
  15. F Phrygian (59)
  16. C♯ Phrygian (46)
  17. B Phrygian (42)
  18. F♯ Phrygian (41)
  19. D Lydian (41)
  20. A Lydian (40)
  21. G Lydian (38)
  1. E Lydian (33)
  2. E♭ Lydian (30)
  3. A♭ Lydian (30)
  4. D♭ Lydian (30)
  5. A♯ Phrygian (29)
  6. B♭ Lydian (26)
  7. B Lydian (22)
  8. G♯ Phrygian (22)
  9. D Locrian (18)
  10. B Locrian (16)
  11. G♭ Lydian (14)
  12. D♯ Locrian (13)
  13. C Locrian (11)
  14. F♯ Locrian (10)
  15. A Locrian (10)
  16. E Locrian (9)
  17. G Locrian (6)
  18. C♯ Locrian (6)
  19. E♯ Locrian (4)
  20. A♯ Locrian (4)
  21. G♯ Locrian (1)
(Key data last updated 2025-03-31 03:05:01)