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%)

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%)

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)
(Key data last updated 2023-12-02 03:03:37)