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 (13%)
  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. C♯ Minor (7%)
  9. F Minor (7%)
  10. D♯ Minor (6%)
  11. B♭ Minor (5%)
  12. G♯ Minor (5%)

Mixolydian

  1. A Mixolydian (14%)
  2. E Mixolydian (13%)
  3. G Mixolydian (13%)
  4. D Mixolydian (12%)
  5. C Mixolydian (12%)
  6. B Mixolydian (7%)
  7. F Mixolydian (6%)
  8. B♭ Mixolydian (6%)
  9. C♯ Mixolydian (5%)
  10. A♭ Mixolydian (5%)
  11. E♭ Mixolydian (4%)
  12. F♯ Mixolydian (4%)

Dorian

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

Phrygian

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

Locrian

  1. D Locrian (16%)
  2. B Locrian (13%)
  3. C Locrian (11%)
  4. D♯ Locrian (11%)
  5. F♯ Locrian (10%)
  6. E Locrian (9%)
  7. A Locrian (9%)
  8. C♯ Locrian (7%)
  9. G Locrian (5%)
  10. A♯ Locrian (4%)
  11. E♯ Locrian (3%)
  12. G♯ Locrian (1%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (5149)
  2. D Major (4096)
  3. G Major (3830)
  4. A Major (3350)
  5. E Major (3216)
  6. F Major (2862)
  7. A Minor (2837)
  8. E Minor (2688)
  9. C Minor (2569)
  10. D Minor (2420)
  11. E♭ Major (2244)
  12. B♭ Major (2021)
  13. B Minor (1988)
  14. G Minor (1904)
  15. D♭ Major (1656)
  16. F♯ Major (1626)
  17. B Major (1601)
  18. F♯ Minor (1600)
  19. A♭ Major (1544)
  20. C♯ Minor (1498)
  21. F Minor (1491)
  1. D♯ Minor (1324)
  2. B♭ Minor (1227)
  3. G♯ Minor (1103)
  4. A Mixolydian (448)
  5. E Mixolydian (433)
  6. G Mixolydian (416)
  7. D Mixolydian (401)
  8. C Mixolydian (382)
  9. D Dorian (379)
  10. A Dorian (341)
  11. E Dorian (332)
  12. C Dorian (284)
  13. G Dorian (249)
  14. B Mixolydian (219)
  15. F Mixolydian (198)
  16. F Dorian (196)
  17. B♭ Mixolydian (193)
  18. B Dorian (189)
  19. E♭ Dorian (155)
  20. C♯ Mixolydian (154)
  21. A♭ Mixolydian (152)
  1. E♭ Mixolydian (144)
  2. F♯ Mixolydian (140)
  3. F♯ Dorian (138)
  4. C♯ Dorian (119)
  5. E Phrygian (119)
  6. G♯ Dorian (112)
  7. B♭ Dorian (107)
  8. C Phrygian (88)
  9. D Phrygian (83)
  10. A Phrygian (71)
  11. F Lydian (70)
  12. F Phrygian (70)
  13. G Phrygian (68)
  14. C Lydian (67)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (66)
  16. C♯ Phrygian (51)
  17. B Phrygian (48)
  18. F♯ Phrygian (46)
  19. D Lydian (43)
  20. G Lydian (42)
  21. A Lydian (40)
  1. A♭ Lydian (37)
  2. E Lydian (36)
  3. A♯ Phrygian (36)
  4. D♭ Lydian (32)
  5. G♯ Phrygian (29)
  6. E♭ Lydian (28)
  7. B♭ Lydian (25)
  8. B Lydian (24)
  9. D Locrian (19)
  10. B Locrian (16)
  11. C Locrian (13)
  12. G♭ Lydian (13)
  13. D♯ Locrian (13)
  14. F♯ Locrian (12)
  15. E Locrian (11)
  16. A Locrian (11)
  17. C♯ Locrian (8)
  18. G Locrian (6)
  19. A♯ Locrian (5)
  20. E♯ Locrian (4)
  21. G♯ Locrian (1)
(Key data last updated 2025-08-13 03:04:05)