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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 (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 (13%)
  2. G Mixolydian (13%)
  3. E Mixolydian (13%)
  4. D Mixolydian (13%)
  5. C Mixolydian (12%)
  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 (17%)
  2. C Phrygian (12%)
  3. D Phrygian (9%)
  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 (16%)
  2. D Locrian (15%)
  3. C Locrian (12%)
  4. D♯ 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 (4%)
  11. G♯ Locrian (1%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major5,866
  2. D Major4,654
  3. G Major4,431
  4. A Major3,859
  5. E Major3,617
  6. A Minor3,377
  7. F Major3,252
  8. E Minor3,168
  9. C Minor3,101
  10. D Minor2,837
  11. E♭ Major2,622
  12. B♭ Major2,326
  13. B Minor2,314
  14. G Minor2,227
  15. D♭ Major1,981
  16. B Major1,871
  17. F♯ Major1,859
  18. F♯ Minor1,829
  19. F Minor1,804
  20. A♭ Major1,802
  21. C♯ Minor1,798
  22. D♯ Minor1,571
  23. B♭ Minor1,465
  24. G♯ Minor1,329
  25. A Mixolydian544
  26. G Mixolydian532
  27. E Mixolydian526
  28. D Mixolydian517
  29. C Mixolydian469
  30. D Dorian466
  31. A Dorian406
  32. E Dorian390
  33. C Dorian321
  34. G Dorian303
  35. B Mixolydian271
  36. F Dorian249
  37. F Mixolydian232
  38. B Dorian231
  39. B♭ Mixolydian221
  40. A♭ Mixolydian204
  41. E♭ Mixolydian191
  42. C♯ Mixolydian185
  43. E♭ Dorian183
  44. F♯ Dorian175
  45. F♯ Mixolydian170
  46. E Phrygian159
  47. C♯ Dorian148
  48. G♯ Dorian147
  49. B♭ Dorian134
  50. C Phrygian115
  51. C Lydian92
  52. D Phrygian91
  53. D♯ Phrygian89
  54. F Lydian88
  55. G Phrygian85
  56. F Phrygian83
  57. A Phrygian77
  58. C♯ Phrygian64
  59. A Lydian62
  60. B Phrygian57
  61. F♯ Phrygian55
  62. D Lydian52
  63. G Lydian50
  64. A♯ Phrygian47
  65. A♭ Lydian41
  66. E Lydian40
  67. G♯ Phrygian40
  68. D♭ Lydian37
  69. B♭ Lydian34
  70. E♭ Lydian29
  71. B Lydian26
  72. B Locrian21
  73. D Locrian19
  74. C Locrian16
  75. G♭ Lydian16
  76. D♯ Locrian15
  77. E Locrian13
  78. F♯ Locrian11
  79. C♯ Locrian11
  80. A Locrian11
  81. G Locrian7
  82. A♯ Locrian5
  83. G♯ Locrian1
(Key data last updated 2026-06-13 03:48:47)