Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cricket Audience in United Arab Emirates

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cricket in United Arab Emirates — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cricket has an estimated audience of 3,187,996 people in United Arab Emirates.

#2among Sport in United Arab Emirates
#91among Topic in United Arab Emirates
#11in Sports

The average Cricket fan in United Arab Emirates is 34.0 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Dubai.

The audience is concentrated in Dubai, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Sharjah.

Top brand affinities include Pakistan national cricket team, Malayala Manorama, Cricbuzz, with strongest over-indexing on Pakistan national cricket team (2.18× the country average).

Demographically, the Cricket audience skews more male with an average age of 34.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Social Media Usage.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 6 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Cricket fan in United Arab Emirates is more male, around 34.0 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Pakistan national cricket team.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Cricket profile in United Arab Emirates.

Audience size
3.2M
in United Arab Emirates
Gender
20.6%
79.4% male
Age
34.0
average years
Country rank
#136
Topic in United Arab Emirates
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+70%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Cricket fans

20.6% are female, 79.4% are male, average age 34.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

20.6%
Female
79.4%
Male
Demographic split for Cricket audience in United Arab Emirates
MetricValue
Female20.6%
Male79.4%
Average age34.0
Estimated audience size3,187,996
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.0
average years
Age distribution of the Cricket audience in United Arab Emirates
Age bracketShare%
16-1917%
20-2938%
30-3927%
40-4912%
50+5%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.7%

of the worldwide Cricket audience comes from United Arab Emirates.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cricket
CountryShare
India27.1%
United States11.3%
United Kingdom9.0%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United Arab Emirates average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Cricket audience in United Arab Emirates is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Cricket fans by region: top regions in United Arab Emirates
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Ras Al Khaimah~200K1.05×
02Fujairah~80K1.05×
03Emirate of Ajman~300K1.02×
04Emirate of Abu Dhabi~1.5M1.00×
05Emirate of Sharjah~700K0.98×
06Dubai~2M0.90×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Cricket audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cricket audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Khyber PakhtunkhwaTravel & Leisure2.52×
02Geo News UrduMovies & TV2.38×
03PeshawarTravel & Leisure2.33×
04ARY NewsMovies & TV2.29×
05Prime Minister of PakistanPolitics & Society2.25×
06Daily PakistanNews2.23×
07Pakistan national cricket teamSports2.18×
08Punjab, PakistanTravel & Leisure2.04×
09Bangladesh national cricket teamSports1.82×
10North IndiaTravel & Leisure1.79×
11Hindustani languagePolitics & Society1.76×
12KarachiTravel & Leisure1.60×
13AfghanistanTravel & Leisure1.58×
14CricbuzzSports1.56×
15IslamabadTravel & Leisure1.56×
16Indo-Aryan languagesPolitics & Society1.55×
17LahoreTravel & Leisure1.55×
18Malayala ManoramaNews1.54×
19South IndiaTravel & Leisure1.51×
20States and union territories of IndiaTravel & Leisure1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cricket audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cricket audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.80×
Social Media UsageJOY0.31×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cricket audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.31×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.80×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Cricket have in United Arab Emirates?

Cricket has an estimated audience of 3,187,996 people in United Arab Emirates, concentrated in Dubai and Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

02

What is the gender split and age of Cricket fans?

20.6% of Cricket fans are female, 79.4% are male, with an average age of 34.0 years.

03

Which brands do Cricket fans like most?

Cricket fans show strongest brand affinity for Pakistan national cricket team (2.18×), Malayala Manorama (1.54×), and Cricbuzz (1.56×) over the country average.

04

Where do Cricket fans live in United Arab Emirates?

Cricket fans in United Arab Emirates are most concentrated in Dubai (reach ~2M), Emirate of Abu Dhabi (reach ~1.5M), and Emirate of Sharjah (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Cricket fans also like?

Beyond Cricket itself, the audience over-indexes on Malayala Manorama (1.54×), Cricbuzz (1.56×), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2.52×), and Punjab, Pakistan (2.04×) compared to the United Arab Emirates average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United Arab Emirates who actively search for Cricket. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across United Arab Emirates. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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