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Song Keys Ranked By Popularity

The most popular keys in each scale drawn from over 75,000 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 (9%)
  6. F Major (8%)
  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. C♯ Minor (7%)
  8. F♯ Minor (7%)
  9. F Minor (7%)
  10. D♯ Minor (6%)
  11. B♭ Minor (6%)
  12. G♯ Minor (5%)

Mixolydian

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

Lydian

  1. C Lydian (16%)
  2. F Lydian (15%)
  3. A Lydian (10%)
  4. D Lydian (9%)
  5. G Lydian (9%)
  6. A♭ Lydian (7%)
  7. E Lydian (7%)
  8. D♭ Lydian (6%)
  9. E♭ Lydian (6%)
  10. B♭ Lydian (6%)
  11. B Lydian (4%)
  12. G♭ Lydian (4%)

Phrygian

  1. E Phrygian (16%)
  2. C Phrygian (11%)
  3. D Phrygian (10%)
  4. G Phrygian (9%)
  5. D♯ 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 (14%)
  3. C Locrian (12%)
  4. D♯ Locrian (12%)
  5. E Locrian (10%)
  6. F♯ Locrian (9%)
  7. A Locrian (9%)
  8. C♯ Locrian (8%)
  9. G Locrian (6%)
  10. A♯ Locrian (3%)
  11. E♯ Locrian (2%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major6,165
  2. D Major4,845
  3. G Major4,569
  4. A Major3,995
  5. E Major3,753
  6. A Minor3,539
  7. F Major3,324
  8. E Minor3,297
  9. C Minor3,275
  10. D Minor3,013
  11. E♭ Major2,726
  12. B♭ Major2,422
  13. B Minor2,400
  14. G Minor2,336
  15. D♭ Major2,052
  16. B Major1,947
  17. F♯ Major1,933
  18. C♯ Minor1,917
  19. F♯ Minor1,907
  20. F Minor1,902
  21. A♭ Major1,889
  22. D♯ Minor1,637
  23. B♭ Minor1,556
  24. G♯ Minor1,402
  25. A Mixolydian569
  26. G Mixolydian556
  27. E Mixolydian550
  28. D Mixolydian537
  29. D Dorian486
  30. C Mixolydian485
  31. A Dorian421
  32. E Dorian410
  33. C Dorian342
  34. G Dorian315
  35. B Mixolydian290
  36. F Dorian283
  37. B Dorian258
  38. F Mixolydian246
  39. B♭ Mixolydian236
  40. A♭ Mixolydian218
  41. E♭ Mixolydian202
  42. C♯ Mixolydian198
  43. F♯ Dorian192
  44. F♯ Mixolydian183
  45. E♭ Dorian183
  46. E Phrygian167
  47. C♯ Dorian155
  48. G♯ Dorian152
  49. B♭ Dorian139
  50. C Phrygian116
  51. D Phrygian100
  52. C Lydian98
  53. F Lydian93
  54. G Phrygian92
  55. D♯ Phrygian91
  56. F Phrygian87
  57. A Phrygian85
  58. C♯ Phrygian70
  59. A Lydian65
  60. B Phrygian61
  61. F♯ Phrygian58
  62. D Lydian58
  63. G Lydian53
  64. A♭ Lydian46
  65. E Lydian46
  66. A♯ Phrygian46
  67. G♯ Phrygian41
  68. D♭ Lydian38
  69. E♭ Lydian37
  70. B♭ Lydian35
  71. B Lydian27
  72. G♭ Lydian24
  73. B Locrian22
  74. D Locrian20
  75. C Locrian17
  76. D♯ Locrian17
  77. E Locrian15
  78. F♯ Locrian13
  79. A Locrian13
  80. C♯ Locrian11
  81. G Locrian8
  82. A♯ Locrian5
  83. E♯ Locrian3
(Key data last updated 2026-08-28 03:50:29)