Song Keys Ranked By Popularity

The most popular keys in each scale drawn from over 25,000 songs in the TheoryTab database

Major

  1. C Major (17%)
  2. G Major (12%)
  3. D 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. F♯ Major (5%)
  11. B Major (5%)
  12. A♭ Major (4%)

Minor

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

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (17%)
  2. A Dorian (11%)
  3. E Dorian (11%)
  4. F Dorian (10%)
  5. C Dorian (9%)
  6. G Dorian (9%)
  7. B Dorian (7%)
  8. F♯ Dorian (6%)
  9. G♯ Dorian (5%)
  10. E♭ Dorian (5%)
  11. C♯ Dorian (5%)
  12. B♭ Dorian (4%)

Lydian

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

Phrygian

  1. E Phrygian (17%)
  2. G Phrygian (12%)
  3. A Phrygian (12%)
  4. C Phrygian (9%)
  5. D♯ Phrygian (9%)
  6. F Phrygian (8%)
  7. F♯ Phrygian (7%)
  8. D Phrygian (7%)
  9. C♯ Phrygian (6%)
  10. A♯ Phrygian (6%)
  11. B Phrygian (5%)
  12. G♯ Phrygian (2%)

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (2251)
  2. G Major (1515)
  3. D Major (1502)
  4. A Major (1273)
  5. A Minor (1243)
  6. C Minor (1217)
  7. E Major (1175)
  8. E Minor (1115)
  9. F Major (1109)
  10. D Minor (1084)
  11. E♭ Major (954)
  12. G Minor (852)
  13. B Minor (824)
  14. F Minor (752)
  15. B♭ Major (750)
  16. F♯ Minor (676)
  17. C♯ Minor (671)
  18. D♭ Major (636)
  19. D♯ Minor (619)
  20. F♯ Major (616)
  21. B Major (602)
  1. B♭ Minor (545)
  2. A♭ Major (524)
  3. G♯ Minor (511)
  4. D Dorian (168)
  5. A Mixolydian (133)
  6. G Mixolydian (128)
  7. E Mixolydian (123)
  8. C Mixolydian (121)
  9. D Mixolydian (113)
  10. A Dorian (112)
  11. E Dorian (104)
  12. F Dorian (101)
  13. C Dorian (93)
  14. G Dorian (91)
  15. B Dorian (67)
  16. F♯ Dorian (63)
  17. B Mixolydian (60)
  18. F Mixolydian (52)
  19. C♯ Mixolydian (51)
  20. G♯ Dorian (51)
  21. F Lydian (48)
  1. E♭ Dorian (48)
  2. C♯ Dorian (47)
  3. E Phrygian (47)
  4. E♭ Mixolydian (46)
  5. F♯ Mixolydian (46)
  6. B♭ Mixolydian (45)
  7. A♭ Mixolydian (41)
  8. C Lydian (41)
  9. B♭ Dorian (40)
  10. G Lydian (35)
  11. G Phrygian (35)
  12. A Phrygian (34)
  13. A Lydian (30)
  14. C Phrygian (26)
  15. D Lydian (25)
  16. D♯ Phrygian (25)
  17. F Phrygian (22)
  18. F♯ Phrygian (21)
  19. D Phrygian (21)
  20. C♯ Phrygian (17)
  21. D♭ Lydian (17)
  1. E Lydian (17)
  2. A♯ Phrygian (16)
  3. E♭ Lydian (16)
  4. A♭ Lydian (16)
  5. B♭ Lydian (15)
  6. B Phrygian (14)
  7. G♭ Lydian (12)
  8. B Lydian (11)
  9. C Locrian (10)
  10. D Locrian (9)
  11. B Locrian (9)
  12. D♯ Locrian (8)
  13. A Locrian (7)
  14. F♯ Locrian (5)
  15. G♯ Phrygian (5)
  16. G Locrian (5)
  17. E Locrian (4)
  18. C♯ Locrian (4)
  19. E♯ Locrian (4)
  20. G♯ Locrian (3)
  21. A♯ Locrian (2)