Popularity ranking · United Arab Emirates

The 100 most popular Sports audiences in United Arab Emirates

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in United Arab Emirates, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 22k sports audiences tracked in United Arab Emirates, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. FIFA World Cup 2026, FIFA World Cup and Asia Cup lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 18M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.2M, and the largest, FIFA World Cup 2026, reaches around 7.5M people in United Arab Emirates. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Arab Emirates who actively engage with each sports audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Arab Emirates and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United Arab Emirates who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United Arab Emirates. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in United Arab Emirates, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in United Arab Emirates. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 FIFA World Cup 2026 7.5M 34.4 19.1% Soccer
2 FIFA World Cup 6.1M 34.3 14.3% Soccer
3 Asia Cup 4.3M 27.3 19.1%
4 Soccer 3.8M 35.1 23.7% Sport
5 Cricket 3.2M 34.0 20.6% Sport
6 India national cricket team 3.1M 34.5 23.3% Cricket
7 Real Madrid C.F. 3.1M 34.1 34.1% Soccer
8 Indian Premier League 2.9M 34.2 21.9% Cricket
9 Basketball 2.7M 35.7 26.6% Sport
10 Golf 2.4M 37.2 24.9% Sport
11 Pakistan national cricket team 2.4M 35.0 21.6% Cricket
12 Training 2.3M 35.8 34.8%
13 Cricbuzz 2.1M 30.3 11.6%
14 Team sport 2.1M
15 UEFA Champions League 2M 33.9 25.1% Soccer
16 Swimming 1.9M 36.5 30.2% Sport
17 Manchester United F.C. 1.8M 33.8 30.4% Soccer
18 Premier League 1.7M 33.8 24.4% Soccer
19 Weight training 1.7M 36.7 32.0%
20 FC Barcelona 1.7M 33.8 28.8% Soccer
21 Swimming pool 1.7M 37.0 31.7%
22 Volleyball 1.5M 35.5 27.4% Sport
23 Formula One 1.5M 35.2 20.9% Motorsport
24 Manchester City F.C. 1.5M 33.7 29.3% Soccer
25 Strength training 1.4M 36.2 28.1%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Arab Emirates and ranks each sports audience by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest sports audience in United Arab Emirates?

FIFA World Cup 2026 currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.5M people in United Arab Emirates.

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