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 (11%)
  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. G Mixolydian (13%)
  3. E 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. F♯ Mixolydian (5%)
  12. E♭ Mixolydian (4%)

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (15%)
  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. G♯ Dorian (4%)
  12. B♭ 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 (7%)
  7. A♭ Lydian (7%)
  8. D♭ Lydian (7%)
  9. E♭ 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 (10%)
  5. G Phrygian (9%)
  6. F Phrygian (9%)
  7. D♯ 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 (14%)
  3. C Locrian (10%)
  4. D♯ Locrian (10%)
  5. F♯ Locrian (10%)
  6. A Locrian (10%)
  7. E Locrian (9%)
  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 (4768)
  2. D Major (3795)
  3. G Major (3513)
  4. A Major (3075)
  5. E Major (2967)
  6. F Major (2662)
  7. A Minor (2552)
  8. E Minor (2452)
  9. C Minor (2347)
  10. D Minor (2208)
  11. E♭ Major (2088)
  12. B♭ Major (1860)
  13. B Minor (1793)
  14. G Minor (1746)
  15. D♭ Major (1495)
  16. F♯ Major (1488)
  17. F♯ Minor (1475)
  18. B Major (1466)
  19. A♭ Major (1426)
  20. F Minor (1391)
  21. C♯ Minor (1384)
  1. D♯ Minor (1227)
  2. B♭ Minor (1116)
  3. G♯ Minor (1023)
  4. A Mixolydian (401)
  5. G Mixolydian (372)
  6. E Mixolydian (368)
  7. D Mixolydian (358)
  8. D Dorian (350)
  9. C Mixolydian (348)
  10. E Dorian (315)
  11. A Dorian (305)
  12. C Dorian (263)
  13. G Dorian (233)
  14. F Dorian (188)
  15. B Mixolydian (182)
  16. B Dorian (179)
  17. F Mixolydian (177)
  18. B♭ Mixolydian (175)
  19. E♭ Dorian (145)
  20. A♭ Mixolydian (139)
  21. C♯ Mixolydian (136)
  1. F♯ Mixolydian (132)
  2. E♭ Mixolydian (131)
  3. F♯ Dorian (121)
  4. C♯ Dorian (112)
  5. E Phrygian (106)
  6. G♯ Dorian (97)
  7. B♭ Dorian (94)
  8. C Phrygian (76)
  9. D Phrygian (70)
  10. F Lydian (65)
  11. A Phrygian (65)
  12. C Lydian (64)
  13. G Phrygian (59)
  14. F Phrygian (59)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (58)
  16. C♯ Phrygian (45)
  17. B Phrygian (42)
  18. F♯ Phrygian (41)
  19. D Lydian (39)
  20. A Lydian (39)
  21. G Lydian (38)
  1. E Lydian (32)
  2. A♭ Lydian (30)
  3. D♭ Lydian (30)
  4. E♭ Lydian (29)
  5. A♯ Phrygian (29)
  6. B♭ Lydian (26)
  7. B Lydian (22)
  8. G♯ Phrygian (22)
  9. D Locrian (18)
  10. B Locrian (15)
  11. G♭ Lydian (14)
  12. C Locrian (11)
  13. D♯ 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 2025-03-02 03:04:05)