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

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (15%)
  2. E Dorian (13%)
  3. A 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%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (4737)
  2. D Major (3754)
  3. G Major (3472)
  4. A Major (3050)
  5. E Major (2930)
  6. F Major (2650)
  7. A Minor (2539)
  8. E Minor (2419)
  9. C Minor (2334)
  10. D Minor (2191)
  11. E Major (2081)
  12. B Major (1845)
  13. B Minor (1772)
  14. G Minor (1732)
  15. D Major (1484)
  16. F♯ Minor (1467)
  17. F♯ Major (1467)
  18. B Major (1455)
  19. A Major (1416)
  20. F Minor (1381)
  21. C♯ Minor (1376)
(Key data last updated 2025-02-18 03:04:37)