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Song Keys Ranked By Popularity

The most popular keys in each scale drawn from over 70,000 songs in the TheoryTab database.

Major

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

Minor

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

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (15%)
  2. A Dorian (13%)
  3. E Dorian (12%)
  4. C Dorian (10%)
  5. G Dorian (10%)
  6. F Dorian (8%)
  7. B Dorian (7%)
  8. E♭ Dorian (6%)
  9. F♯ Dorian (6%)
  10. C♯ Dorian (5%)
  11. G♯ Dorian (5%)
  12. B♭ Dorian (4%)

Lydian

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

Phrygian

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

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major5,810
  2. D Major4,619
  3. G Major4,392
  4. A Major3,832
  5. E Major3,583
  6. A Minor3,336
  7. F Major3,224
  8. E Minor3,125
  9. C Minor3,065
  10. D Minor2,797
  11. E♭ Major2,596
  12. B♭ Major2,310
  13. B Minor2,291
  14. G Minor2,198
  15. D♭ Major1,958
  16. B Major1,847
  17. F♯ Major1,836
  18. F♯ Minor1,807
  19. F Minor1,779
  20. C♯ Minor1,778
  21. A♭ Major1,773
  22. D♯ Minor1,550
  23. B♭ Minor1,446
  24. G♯ Minor1,319
  25. A Mixolydian544
  26. G Mixolydian527
  27. E Mixolydian523
  28. D Mixolydian507
  29. C Mixolydian461
  30. D Dorian454
  31. A Dorian405
  32. E Dorian383
  33. C Dorian314
  34. G Dorian299
  35. B Mixolydian268
  36. F Dorian249
  37. B Dorian231
  38. F Mixolydian227
  39. B♭ Mixolydian221
  40. A♭ Mixolydian202
  41. E♭ Mixolydian191
  42. E♭ Dorian184
  43. C♯ Mixolydian183
  44. F♯ Dorian176
  45. F♯ Mixolydian170
  46. E Phrygian152
  47. C♯ Dorian146
  48. G♯ Dorian145
  49. B♭ Dorian129
  50. C Phrygian113
  51. C Lydian92
  52. D Phrygian90
  53. F Lydian88
  54. D♯ Phrygian88
  55. G Phrygian84
  56. F Phrygian82
  57. A Phrygian76
  58. C♯ Phrygian63
  59. A Lydian61
  60. B Phrygian57
  61. F♯ Phrygian52
  62. D Lydian52
  63. G Lydian49
  64. A♯ Phrygian45
  65. A♭ Lydian41
  66. E Lydian40
  67. G♯ Phrygian40
  68. D♭ Lydian37
  69. B♭ Lydian32
  70. E♭ Lydian30
  71. B Lydian27
  72. B Locrian19
  73. D Locrian19
  74. G♭ Lydian16
  75. D♯ Locrian16
  76. C Locrian15
  77. E Locrian13
  78. F♯ Locrian11
  79. C♯ Locrian11
  80. A Locrian11
  81. G Locrian7
  82. A♯ Locrian4
  83. E♯ Locrian4
(Key data last updated 2026-05-24 03:50:44)