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

Phrygian

  1. E Phrygian (17%)
  2. C Phrygian (11%)
  3. D Phrygian (10%)
  4. G Phrygian (9%)
  5. D♯ Phrygian (9%)
  6. F Phrygian (8%)
  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 (14%)
  2. C Locrian (14%)
  3. D Locrian (13%)
  4. D♯ Locrian (11%)
  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 Major6,182
  2. D Major4,898
  3. G Major4,621
  4. A Major4,051
  5. E Major3,791
  6. A Minor3,596
  7. F Major3,369
  8. E Minor3,327
  9. C Minor3,326
  10. D Minor3,048
  11. E♭ Major2,758
  12. B♭ Major2,445
  13. B Minor2,443
  14. G Minor2,381
  15. D♭ Major2,082
  16. B Major1,969
  17. F♯ Major1,963
  18. C♯ Minor1,953
  19. F Minor1,927
  20. A♭ Major1,919
  21. F♯ Minor1,915
  22. D♯ Minor1,661
  23. B♭ Minor1,595
  24. G♯ Minor1,435
  25. A Mixolydian578
  26. G Mixolydian562
  27. D Mixolydian554
  28. E Mixolydian554
  29. C Mixolydian500
  30. D Dorian500
  31. A Dorian428
  32. E Dorian417
  33. C Dorian348
  34. G Dorian321
  35. B Mixolydian296
  36. F Dorian291
  37. B Dorian270
  38. F Mixolydian247
  39. B♭ Mixolydian242
  40. A♭ Mixolydian223
  41. E♭ Mixolydian204
  42. F♯ Dorian203
  43. C♯ Mixolydian197
  44. F♯ Mixolydian192
  45. E♭ Dorian187
  46. E Phrygian172
  47. C♯ Dorian162
  48. G♯ Dorian159
  49. B♭ Dorian142
  50. C Phrygian116
  51. D Phrygian107
  52. C Lydian102
  53. F Lydian96
  54. G Phrygian95
  55. D♯ Phrygian93
  56. F Phrygian87
  57. A Phrygian87
  58. C♯ Phrygian73
  59. A Lydian66
  60. B Phrygian61
  61. D Lydian59
  62. F♯ Phrygian58
  63. G Lydian55
  64. A♯ Phrygian50
  65. A♭ Lydian47
  66. E Lydian42
  67. G♯ Phrygian42
  68. D♭ Lydian38
  69. E♭ Lydian37
  70. B♭ Lydian36
  71. B Lydian30
  72. G♭ Lydian24
  73. B Locrian22
  74. C Locrian21
  75. D Locrian19
  76. D♯ Locrian17
  77. E Locrian15
  78. F♯ Locrian15
  79. A Locrian14
  80. C♯ Locrian12
  81. G Locrian8
  82. A♯ Locrian5
  83. E♯ Locrian3
  84. G♯ Locrian1
(Key data last updated 2026-09-22 03:50:40)