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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 (15%)
  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. F♯ Minor (7%)
  8. C♯ 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 (4%)
  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 (6%)
  10. C♯ Dorian (5%)
  11. G♯ Dorian (4%)
  12. B♭ Dorian (4%)

Lydian

  1. C Lydian (16%)
  2. F Lydian (15%)
  3. A Lydian (11%)
  4. D Lydian (10%)
  5. G Lydian (8%)
  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 (17%)
  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 (14%)
  3. D♯ Locrian (12%)
  4. C Locrian (12%)
  5. E Locrian (9%)
  6. A Locrian (9%)
  7. F♯ Locrian (8%)
  8. C♯ Locrian (8%)
  9. G Locrian (6%)
  10. A♯ Locrian (4%)
  11. G♯ Locrian (1%)
  12. E♯ Locrian (1%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major5,980
  2. D Major4,776
  3. G Major4,517
  4. A Major3,943
  5. E Major3,693
  6. A Minor3,477
  7. F Major3,306
  8. E Minor3,238
  9. C Minor3,219
  10. D Minor2,939
  11. E♭ Major2,679
  12. B♭ Major2,387
  13. B Minor2,368
  14. G Minor2,288
  15. D♭ Major2,016
  16. B Major1,922
  17. F♯ Major1,906
  18. F♯ Minor1,884
  19. C♯ Minor1,880
  20. F Minor1,862
  21. A♭ Major1,852
  22. D♯ Minor1,614
  23. B♭ Minor1,524
  24. G♯ Minor1,361
  25. A Mixolydian560
  26. G Mixolydian547
  27. E Mixolydian543
  28. D Mixolydian531
  29. D Dorian477
  30. C Mixolydian476
  31. A Dorian413
  32. E Dorian405
  33. C Dorian336
  34. G Dorian309
  35. B Mixolydian286
  36. F Dorian268
  37. B Dorian252
  38. F Mixolydian238
  39. B♭ Mixolydian236
  40. A♭ Mixolydian216
  41. E♭ Mixolydian195
  42. C♯ Mixolydian188
  43. F♯ Dorian186
  44. E♭ Dorian184
  45. F♯ Mixolydian178
  46. E Phrygian164
  47. C♯ Dorian156
  48. G♯ Dorian147
  49. B♭ Dorian139
  50. C Phrygian115
  51. C Lydian98
  52. D Phrygian96
  53. D♯ Phrygian90
  54. F Lydian89
  55. G Phrygian87
  56. F Phrygian87
  57. A Phrygian81
  58. C♯ Phrygian69
  59. A Lydian65
  60. B Phrygian59
  61. D Lydian58
  62. F♯ Phrygian56
  63. G Lydian50
  64. A♯ Phrygian46
  65. A♭ Lydian44
  66. E Lydian43
  67. G♯ Phrygian41
  68. D♭ Lydian38
  69. E♭ Lydian36
  70. B♭ Lydian35
  71. B Lydian25
  72. G♭ Lydian23
  73. B Locrian21
  74. D Locrian19
  75. D♯ Locrian17
  76. C Locrian16
  77. E Locrian13
  78. A Locrian13
  79. F♯ Locrian11
  80. C♯ Locrian11
  81. G Locrian8
  82. A♯ Locrian6
  83. G♯ Locrian1
  84. E♯ Locrian1
(Key data last updated 2026-07-31 03:49:48)