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 (17%)
  2. D Major (12%)
  3. G 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 (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. G Mixolydian (13%)
  3. E Mixolydian (12%)
  4. C Mixolydian (12%)
  5. D Mixolydian (11%)
  6. F Mixolydian (7%)
  7. B Mixolydian (6%)
  8. C♯ Mixolydian (5%)
  9. F♯ Mixolydian (5%)
  10. B♭ Mixolydian (5%)
  11. E♭ Mixolydian (5%)
  12. A♭ Mixolydian (4%)

Dorian

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

Lydian

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

Phrygian

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

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (3008)
  2. D Major (2130)
  3. G Major (2053)
  4. A Major (1754)
  5. E Major (1626)
  6. A Minor (1611)
  7. F Major (1559)
  8. C Minor (1548)
  9. E Minor (1536)
  10. D Minor (1422)
  11. E♭ Major (1291)
  12. G Minor (1167)
  13. B Minor (1071)
  14. B♭ Major (1043)
  15. F♯ Minor (947)
  16. F Minor (942)
  17. D♭ Major (868)
  18. C♯ Minor (846)
  19. F♯ Major (841)
  20. B Major (826)
  21. D♯ Minor (822)
  1. A♭ Major (748)
  2. B♭ Minor (689)
  3. G♯ Minor (653)
  4. D Dorian (215)
  5. A Mixolydian (207)
  6. G Mixolydian (191)
  7. E Mixolydian (180)
  8. C Mixolydian (180)
  9. D Mixolydian (166)
  10. E Dorian (166)
  11. A Dorian (160)
  12. C Dorian (137)
  13. F Dorian (128)
  14. G Dorian (122)
  15. B Dorian (100)
  16. F Mixolydian (97)
  17. B Mixolydian (90)
  18. F♯ Dorian (84)
  19. C♯ Mixolydian (80)
  20. F♯ Mixolydian (77)
  21. B♭ Mixolydian (73)
  1. E♭ Mixolydian (67)
  2. C♯ Dorian (67)
  3. E♭ Dorian (65)
  4. G♯ Dorian (64)
  5. A♭ Mixolydian (63)
  6. E Phrygian (62)
  7. B♭ Dorian (55)
  8. F Lydian (45)
  9. C Lydian (44)
  10. G Phrygian (39)
  11. A Phrygian (39)
  12. C Phrygian (39)
  13. A Lydian (37)
  14. D Phrygian (37)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (35)
  16. F Phrygian (33)
  17. G Lydian (32)
  18. D Lydian (29)
  19. F♯ Phrygian (26)
  20. D♭ Lydian (25)
  21. C♯ Phrygian (23)
  1. A♭ Lydian (22)
  2. A♯ Phrygian (20)
  3. E Lydian (19)
  4. B Phrygian (19)
  5. B Lydian (17)
  6. B♭ Lydian (17)
  7. E♭ Lydian (16)
  8. G♭ Lydian (16)
  9. A Locrian (11)
  10. C Locrian (10)
  11. D Locrian (10)
  12. B Locrian (10)
  13. G♯ Phrygian (10)
  14. D♯ Locrian (8)
  15. C♯ Locrian (6)
  16. E Locrian (5)
  17. F♯ Locrian (5)
  18. G Locrian (5)
  19. E♯ Locrian (4)
  20. G♯ Locrian (3)
  21. A♯ Locrian (2)
(Key data last updated 2022-09-27 03:03:21)