Rascasse Audience Intelligence

rugby Audience in Australia

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about rugby in Australia — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. rugby has an estimated audience of 3,126,801 people in Australia.

#553among Topic in Australia
#41in Sports

rugby has an estimated audience of 3,126,801 people in Australia. 51.7% are female, 48.3% are male, average age 38.5. Top brand affinities: Brisbane Broncos, Canberra Raiders, Wests Tigers, Australian Open, St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Top brand affinities include Brisbane Broncos, Canberra Raiders, Wests Tigers, with strongest over-indexing on Brisbane Broncos (5.27× the country average).

Demographically, the rugby audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Price Sensitivity, Travelling.

The typical rugby fan in Australia is balanced, around 38.5 years old, with strong Price Sensitivity tendencies and a notable affinity for Brisbane Broncos.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic

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 rugby profile in Australia.

Audience size
3.1M
in Australia
Gender
51.7%
48.3% male
Age
38.5
average years
Country rank
#766
Topic in Australia
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-9%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of rugby fans

51.7% are female, 48.3% are male, average age 38.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.7%
Female
48.3%
Male
Demographic split for rugby audience in Australia
MetricValue
Female51.7%
Male48.3%
Average age38.5
Estimated audience size3,126,801
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.5
average years
Age distribution of the rugby audience in Australia
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2922%
30-3920%
40-4920%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

6.7%

of the worldwide rugby audience comes from Australia.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for rugby
CountryShare
United States19.4%
United Kingdom11.9%
France9.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for rugby audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01New Zealand WarriorsSports6.86×
02Canberra RaidersSports6.71×
03St. George Illawarra DragonsSports6.34×
04North Queensland CowboysSports6.30×
05Newcastle KnightsSports5.94×
06Gold Coast TitansSports5.85×
07Wests TigersSports5.45×
08Cronulla-Sutherland SharksSports5.44×
09Brisbane BroncosSports5.27×
10Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSports5.10×
11State of Origin seriesSports4.95×
12Penrith PanthersSports4.56×
13South Sydney RabbitohsSports4.19×
14Australian OpenSports3.27×
15FIFA World CupSports1.98×
16Cotton OnFashion & Accessoires1.89×
17Harvey NormanShopping1.68×
18KmartShopping1.65×
19Australian Football LeagueSports1.62×
20MyerFashion & Accessoires1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the rugby 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 rugby audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.79×
TravellingTHRILL1.56×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM1.44×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by rugby audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.68×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.71×
CreativityOPEN0.71×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Australia who actively search for rugby. 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 Australia. 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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