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Song Keys Ranked By Popularity
The most popular keys in each scale drawn from over 25,000 songs in the
TheoryTab database
Major
C Major
(17%)
G Major
(12%)
D Major
(12%)
A Major
(10%)
E Major
(9%)
F Major
(9%)
E♭ Major
(7%)
B♭ Major
(6%)
D♭ Major
(5%)
F♯ Major
(5%)
B Major
(5%)
A♭ Major
(4%)
Minor
A Minor
(12%)
C Minor
(12%)
E Minor
(11%)
D Minor
(11%)
G Minor
(8%)
B Minor
(8%)
F Minor
(7%)
F♯ Minor
(7%)
C♯ Minor
(7%)
D♯ Minor
(6%)
B♭ Minor
(5%)
G♯ Minor
(5%)
Mixolydian
A Mixolydian
(14%)
G Mixolydian
(13%)
E Mixolydian
(13%)
C Mixolydian
(13%)
D Mixolydian
(12%)
B Mixolydian
(6%)
F Mixolydian
(5%)
C♯ Mixolydian
(5%)
E♭ Mixolydian
(5%)
F♯ Mixolydian
(5%)
B♭ Mixolydian
(5%)
A♭ Mixolydian
(4%)
Dorian
D Dorian
(17%)
A Dorian
(11%)
E Dorian
(11%)
F Dorian
(10%)
C Dorian
(9%)
G Dorian
(9%)
B Dorian
(7%)
F♯ Dorian
(6%)
G♯ Dorian
(5%)
E♭ Dorian
(5%)
C♯ Dorian
(5%)
B♭ Dorian
(4%)
Lydian
F Lydian
(17%)
C Lydian
(14%)
G Lydian
(12%)
A Lydian
(11%)
D Lydian
(9%)
D♭ Lydian
(6%)
E Lydian
(6%)
A♭ Lydian
(6%)
E♭ Lydian
(6%)
B♭ Lydian
(5%)
G♭ Lydian
(4%)
B Lydian
(4%)
Phrygian
E Phrygian
(17%)
G Phrygian
(12%)
A Phrygian
(12%)
C Phrygian
(9%)
D♯ Phrygian
(9%)
F Phrygian
(8%)
F♯ Phrygian
(7%)
D Phrygian
(7%)
C♯ Phrygian
(6%)
A♯ Phrygian
(6%)
B Phrygian
(5%)
G♯ Phrygian
(2%)
Locrian
C Locrian
(14%)
D Locrian
(13%)
B Locrian
(13%)
D♯ Locrian
(11%)
A Locrian
(10%)
F♯ Locrian
(7%)
G Locrian
(7%)
E♯ Locrian
(6%)
E Locrian
(6%)
C♯ Locrian
(6%)
G♯ Locrian
(4%)
A♯ Locrian
(3%)
All Keys Ranked By Popularity
C Major
(2251)
G Major
(1515)
D Major
(1502)
A Major
(1273)
A Minor
(1243)
C Minor
(1217)
E Major
(1175)
E Minor
(1115)
F Major
(1109)
D Minor
(1084)
E♭ Major
(954)
G Minor
(852)
B Minor
(824)
F Minor
(752)
B♭ Major
(750)
F♯ Minor
(676)
C♯ Minor
(671)
D♭ Major
(636)
D♯ Minor
(619)
F♯ Major
(616)
B Major
(602)
B♭ Minor
(545)
A♭ Major
(524)
G♯ Minor
(511)
D Dorian
(168)
A Mixolydian
(133)
G Mixolydian
(128)
E Mixolydian
(123)
C Mixolydian
(121)
D Mixolydian
(113)
A Dorian
(112)
E Dorian
(104)
F Dorian
(101)
C Dorian
(93)
G Dorian
(91)
B Dorian
(67)
F♯ Dorian
(63)
B Mixolydian
(60)
F Mixolydian
(52)
C♯ Mixolydian
(51)
G♯ Dorian
(51)
F Lydian
(48)
E♭ Dorian
(48)
C♯ Dorian
(47)
E Phrygian
(47)
E♭ Mixolydian
(46)
F♯ Mixolydian
(46)
B♭ Mixolydian
(45)
A♭ Mixolydian
(41)
C Lydian
(41)
B♭ Dorian
(40)
G Lydian
(35)
G Phrygian
(35)
A Phrygian
(34)
A Lydian
(30)
C Phrygian
(26)
D Lydian
(25)
D♯ Phrygian
(25)
F Phrygian
(22)
F♯ Phrygian
(21)
D Phrygian
(21)
C♯ Phrygian
(17)
D♭ Lydian
(17)
E Lydian
(17)
A♯ Phrygian
(16)
E♭ Lydian
(16)
A♭ Lydian
(16)
B♭ Lydian
(15)
B Phrygian
(14)
G♭ Lydian
(12)
B Lydian
(11)
C Locrian
(10)
D Locrian
(9)
B Locrian
(9)
D♯ Locrian
(8)
A Locrian
(7)
F♯ Locrian
(5)
G♯ Phrygian
(5)
G Locrian
(5)
E Locrian
(4)
C♯ Locrian
(4)
E♯ Locrian
(4)
G♯ Locrian
(3)
A♯ Locrian
(2)