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%)

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 (8%)
  8. E Dorian (6%)
  9. F♯ Dorian (5%)
  10. C♯ Dorian (4%)
  11. B Dorian (4%)
  12. G♯ Dorian (4%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (4832)
  2. D Major (3862)
  3. G Major (3577)
  4. A Major (3128)
  5. E Major (3029)
  6. F Major (2692)
  7. A Minor (2612)
  8. E Minor (2507)
  9. C Minor (2381)
  10. D Minor (2253)
  11. E Major (2132)
  12. B Major (1890)
  13. B Minor (1823)
  14. G Minor (1769)
  15. D Major (1520)
  16. F♯ Major (1514)
  17. F♯ Minor (1500)
  18. B Major (1491)
  19. A Major (1440)
  20. F Minor (1414)
  21. C♯ Minor (1406)
(Key data last updated 2025-04-06 03:04:10)