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Song Keys Ranked By Popularity
The most popular keys in each scale drawn from over 30,000 songs in the
TheoryTab database
Major
C Major
(16%)
D Major
(12%)
G Major
(11%)
A Major
(10%)
E Major
(10%)
F Major
(9%)
E♭ Major
(7%)
B♭ Major
(6%)
D♭ Major
(5%)
F♯ Major
(5%)
B Major
(5%)
A♭ Major
(5%)
Minor
A Minor
(12%)
E Minor
(12%)
C Minor
(11%)
D Minor
(11%)
B Minor
(9%)
G Minor
(9%)
F♯ Minor
(7%)
F Minor
(7%)
C♯ Minor
(7%)
D♯ Minor
(6%)
B♭ Minor
(5%)
G♯ Minor
(5%)
Mixolydian
A Mixolydian
(14%)
E Mixolydian
(13%)
G Mixolydian
(12%)
D Mixolydian
(12%)
C Mixolydian
(12%)
B Mixolydian
(6%)
B♭ Mixolydian
(6%)
F Mixolydian
(6%)
A♭ Mixolydian
(5%)
C♯ Mixolydian
(5%)
E♭ Mixolydian
(5%)
F♯ Mixolydian
(4%)
Dorian
D Dorian
(15%)
E Dorian
(13%)
A Dorian
(13%)
C Dorian
(11%)
G Dorian
(10%)
F Dorian
(8%)
B Dorian
(7%)
E♭ Dorian
(6%)
F♯ Dorian
(5%)
C♯ Dorian
(5%)
G♯ Dorian
(4%)
B♭ Dorian
(4%)
Lydian
F Lydian
(15%)
C Lydian
(14%)
G Lydian
(10%)
A Lydian
(10%)
D Lydian
(9%)
A♭ Lydian
(7%)
E Lydian
(7%)
E♭ Lydian
(7%)
D♭ Lydian
(7%)
B♭ Lydian
(6%)
B Lydian
(5%)
G♭ Lydian
(3%)
Phrygian
E Phrygian
(16%)
C Phrygian
(12%)
A Phrygian
(10%)
D Phrygian
(9%)
G Phrygian
(9%)
F Phrygian
(9%)
D♯ Phrygian
(9%)
F♯ Phrygian
(7%)
C♯ Phrygian
(6%)
B Phrygian
(6%)
A♯ Phrygian
(5%)
G♯ Phrygian
(4%)
Locrian
D Locrian
(18%)
B Locrian
(15%)
C Locrian
(11%)
D♯ Locrian
(11%)
A Locrian
(10%)
F♯ Locrian
(8%)
E Locrian
(7%)
G Locrian
(6%)
C♯ Locrian
(6%)
E♯ Locrian
(4%)
A♯ Locrian
(4%)
G♯ Locrian
(1%)
All Keys Ranked By Popularity
C Major
(4622)
D Major
(3639)
G Major
(3365)
A Major
(2961)
E Major
(2827)
F Major
(2585)
A Minor
(2449)
E Minor
(2335)
C Minor
(2253)
D Minor
(2111)
E♭ Major
(2005)
B♭ Major
(1776)
B Minor
(1711)
G Minor
(1686)
D♭ Major
(1425)
F♯ Minor
(1423)
F♯ Major
(1418)
B Major
(1413)
A♭ Major
(1375)
F Minor
(1341)
C♯ Minor
(1298)
D♯ Minor
(1168)
B♭ Minor
(1048)
G♯ Minor
(965)
A Mixolydian
(390)
E Mixolydian
(365)
G Mixolydian
(348)
D Dorian
(340)
D Mixolydian
(338)
C Mixolydian
(338)
E Dorian
(299)
A Dorian
(294)
C Dorian
(248)
G Dorian
(228)
F Dorian
(181)
B Dorian
(173)
B Mixolydian
(171)
B♭ Mixolydian
(167)
F Mixolydian
(164)
E♭ Dorian
(138)
A♭ Mixolydian
(134)
C♯ Mixolydian
(132)
E♭ Mixolydian
(127)
F♯ Mixolydian
(122)
F♯ Dorian
(117)
C♯ Dorian
(107)
E Phrygian
(99)
G♯ Dorian
(95)
B♭ Dorian
(91)
C Phrygian
(72)
F Lydian
(61)
A Phrygian
(61)
D Phrygian
(58)
C Lydian
(58)
G Phrygian
(57)
F Phrygian
(57)
D♯ Phrygian
(53)
G Lydian
(42)
F♯ Phrygian
(41)
A Lydian
(40)
D Lydian
(37)
C♯ Phrygian
(36)
B Phrygian
(35)
A♭ Lydian
(30)
E Lydian
(30)
E♭ Lydian
(28)
D♭ Lydian
(28)
A♯ Phrygian
(28)
B♭ Lydian
(26)
B Lydian
(22)
G♯ Phrygian
(22)
D Locrian
(18)
B Locrian
(15)
G♭ Lydian
(14)
C Locrian
(11)
D♯ Locrian
(11)
A Locrian
(10)
F♯ Locrian
(8)
E Locrian
(7)
G Locrian
(6)
C♯ Locrian
(6)
E♯ Locrian
(4)
A♯ Locrian
(4)
G♯ Locrian
(1)
(Key data last updated 2024-12-23 03:03:22)