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 (11%)
  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 (5%)

Minor

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

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (15%)
  2. E Dorian (13%)
  3. A Dorian (12%)
  4. C Dorian (10%)
  5. G Dorian (10%)
  6. F Dorian (8%)
  7. B Dorian (8%)
  8. F♯ Dorian (6%)
  9. E♭ Dorian (6%)
  10. G♯ Dorian (5%)
  11. C♯ Dorian (5%)
  12. B♭ Dorian (4%)

Lydian

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

Phrygian

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

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (3838)
  2. D Major (2928)
  3. G Major (2753)
  4. A Major (2369)
  5. E Major (2253)
  6. F Major (2102)
  7. A Minor (1993)
  8. E Minor (1922)
  9. C Minor (1896)
  10. D Minor (1754)
  11. E♭ Major (1701)
  12. B♭ Major (1437)
  13. G Minor (1428)
  14. B Minor (1368)
  15. F♯ Minor (1219)
  16. D♭ Major (1183)
  17. F♯ Major (1163)
  18. B Major (1142)
  19. A♭ Major (1115)
  20. F Minor (1109)
  21. C♯ Minor (1057)
  1. D♯ Minor (993)
  2. B♭ Minor (861)
  3. G♯ Minor (805)
  4. A Mixolydian (302)
  5. E Mixolydian (289)
  6. G Mixolydian (279)
  7. D Dorian (277)
  8. C Mixolydian (269)
  9. D Mixolydian (254)
  10. E Dorian (235)
  11. A Dorian (221)
  12. C Dorian (182)
  13. G Dorian (173)
  14. F Dorian (148)
  15. B Dorian (138)
  16. F Mixolydian (128)
  17. B♭ Mixolydian (124)
  18. B Mixolydian (124)
  19. A♭ Mixolydian (105)
  20. F♯ Mixolydian (104)
  21. F♯ Dorian (104)
  1. C♯ Mixolydian (103)
  2. E♭ Dorian (102)
  3. E♭ Mixolydian (95)
  4. G♯ Dorian (86)
  5. E Phrygian (85)
  6. C♯ Dorian (82)
  7. B♭ Dorian (71)
  8. C Phrygian (54)
  9. F Phrygian (53)
  10. G Phrygian (50)
  11. D Phrygian (50)
  12. A Phrygian (48)
  13. C Lydian (45)
  14. F Lydian (42)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (42)
  16. F♯ Phrygian (36)
  17. A Lydian (34)
  18. D Lydian (32)
  19. C♯ Phrygian (32)
  20. A♯ Phrygian (29)
  21. B Phrygian (28)
  1. G Lydian (27)
  2. A♭ Lydian (27)
  3. E Lydian (26)
  4. D♭ Lydian (25)
  5. B♭ Lydian (18)
  6. B Lydian (17)
  7. G♯ Phrygian (16)
  8. E♭ Lydian (16)
  9. B Locrian (14)
  10. G♭ Lydian (14)
  11. C Locrian (11)
  12. A Locrian (11)
  13. D Locrian (11)
  14. E Locrian (7)
  15. C♯ Locrian (7)
  16. D♯ Locrian (6)
  17. E♯ Locrian (5)
  18. F♯ Locrian (5)
  19. G Locrian (5)
  20. A♯ Locrian (3)
  21. G♯ Locrian (3)
(Key data last updated 2023-12-02 03:03:37)