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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major5,902
  2. D Major4,704
  3. G Major4,475
  4. A Major3,896
  5. E Major3,655
  6. A Minor3,420
  7. F Major3,266
  8. E Minor3,193
  9. C Minor3,151
  10. D Minor2,882
  11. E♭ Major2,646
  12. B♭ Major2,339
  13. B Minor2,336
  14. G Minor2,256
  15. D♭ Major1,984
  16. B Major1,900
  17. F♯ Major1,878
  18. F♯ Minor1,860
  19. C♯ Minor1,840
  20. F Minor1,830
  21. A♭ Major1,821
  22. D♯ Minor1,574
  23. B♭ Minor1,496
  24. G♯ Minor1,346
  25. A Mixolydian552
  26. G Mixolydian540
  27. E Mixolydian532
  28. D Mixolydian520
  29. D Dorian471
  30. C Mixolydian470
  31. A Dorian410
  32. E Dorian395
  33. C Dorian326
  34. G Dorian305
  35. B Mixolydian281
  36. F Dorian260
  37. B Dorian246
  38. B♭ Mixolydian237
  39. F Mixolydian234
  40. A♭ Mixolydian205
  41. E♭ Mixolydian193
  42. C♯ Mixolydian188
  43. E♭ Dorian184
  44. F♯ Dorian183
  45. F♯ Mixolydian172
  46. E Phrygian162
  47. C♯ Dorian155
  48. G♯ Dorian148
  49. B♭ Dorian135
  50. C Phrygian113
  51. C Lydian93
  52. D Phrygian92
  53. F Lydian90
  54. D♯ Phrygian90
  55. G Phrygian86
  56. F Phrygian84
  57. A Phrygian80
  58. C♯ Phrygian67
  59. A Lydian62
  60. B Phrygian62
  61. D Lydian57
  62. F♯ Phrygian56
  63. G Lydian50
  64. A♯ Phrygian46
  65. A♭ Lydian43
  66. G♯ Phrygian41
  67. E Lydian40
  68. D♭ Lydian37
  69. B♭ Lydian34
  70. E♭ Lydian34
  71. B Lydian26
  72. B Locrian21
  73. G♭ Lydian20
  74. D Locrian19
  75. C Locrian16
  76. D♯ Locrian15
  77. E Locrian13
  78. A Locrian12
  79. F♯ Locrian11
  80. C♯ Locrian11
  81. G Locrian7
  82. A♯ Locrian5
  83. G♯ Locrian1
(Key data last updated 2026-07-08 03:50:56)