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Song Keys Ranked By Popularity

The most popular keys in each scale drawn from over 75,000 songs in the TheoryTab database.

Major

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

Minor

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

Mixolydian

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

Dorian

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

Lydian

  1. C Lydian (16%)
  2. F Lydian (15%)
  3. A Lydian (10%)
  4. D Lydian (9%)
  5. G Lydian (8%)
  6. A♭ Lydian (7%)
  7. E Lydian (7%)
  8. D♭ Lydian (6%)
  9. E♭ Lydian (6%)
  10. B♭ Lydian (6%)
  11. B Lydian (4%)
  12. G♭ Lydian (4%)

Phrygian

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

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major6,191
  2. D Major4,858
  3. G Major4,584
  4. A Major4,006
  5. E Major3,762
  6. A Minor3,551
  7. F Major3,330
  8. E Minor3,308
  9. C Minor3,291
  10. D Minor3,019
  11. E♭ Major2,732
  12. B♭ Major2,429
  13. B Minor2,407
  14. G Minor2,344
  15. D♭ Major2,061
  16. B Major1,949
  17. F♯ Major1,937
  18. C♯ Minor1,926
  19. F Minor1,915
  20. F♯ Minor1,909
  21. A♭ Major1,895
  22. D♯ Minor1,642
  23. B♭ Minor1,565
  24. G♯ Minor1,410
  25. A Mixolydian571
  26. G Mixolydian558
  27. E Mixolydian547
  28. D Mixolydian539
  29. C Mixolydian488
  30. D Dorian487
  31. A Dorian422
  32. E Dorian411
  33. C Dorian344
  34. G Dorian318
  35. B Mixolydian292
  36. F Dorian286
  37. B Dorian262
  38. F Mixolydian246
  39. B♭ Mixolydian237
  40. A♭ Mixolydian218
  41. E♭ Mixolydian202
  42. C♯ Mixolydian201
  43. F♯ Dorian195
  44. F♯ Mixolydian184
  45. E♭ Dorian183
  46. E Phrygian167
  47. C♯ Dorian157
  48. G♯ Dorian154
  49. B♭ Dorian139
  50. C Phrygian116
  51. C Lydian103
  52. D Phrygian102
  53. F Lydian93
  54. G Phrygian93
  55. D♯ Phrygian92
  56. F Phrygian87
  57. A Phrygian86
  58. C♯ Phrygian70
  59. A Lydian65
  60. B Phrygian61
  61. F♯ Phrygian58
  62. D Lydian57
  63. G Lydian53
  64. A♯ Phrygian47
  65. A♭ Lydian46
  66. E Lydian46
  67. G♯ Phrygian41
  68. D♭ Lydian38
  69. E♭ Lydian37
  70. B♭ Lydian35
  71. B Lydian28
  72. G♭ Lydian24
  73. B Locrian22
  74. D Locrian19
  75. C Locrian17
  76. D♯ Locrian17
  77. E Locrian15
  78. F♯ Locrian15
  79. A Locrian13
  80. C♯ Locrian11
  81. G Locrian8
  82. A♯ Locrian5
  83. E♯ Locrian3
  84. G♯ Locrian1
(Key data last updated 2026-09-03 03:50:48)