Popularity ranking · Australia

The 100 most popular Martial Arts in Australia

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest martial arts in Australia, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 576 martial arts tracked in Australia, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship, Professional wrestling and Conor McGregor lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 163k, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship, reaches around 5.1M people in Australia. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Australia who actively engage with each martial art, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Australia 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 Australia who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Australia. 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 Australia, 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 Australia. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Ultimate Fighting Championship 5.1M 37.7 27.2% Martial art
2 Professional wrestling 2.7M 38.5 34.8% Martial art
3 Conor McGregor 702k 32.7 23.2% Martial art
4 Anthony Joshua 573k 35.1 18.9% Martial art
5 ONE Championship 399k 39.4 14.8% Martial art
6 Joe Rogan 394k 38.3 37.7% Martial art
7 Tyson Fury 391k 36.0 13.0% Martial art
8 Professional wrestling attacks 368k 38.6 54.0% Martial art
9 Mr. Olympia 320k 36.0 32.2% Martial art
10 Ronda Rousey 267k 34.4 21.8% Martial art
11 Manny Pacquiao 266k 35.5 23.5% Martial art
12 Professional wrestling promotion 265k 36.2 30.0% Martial art
13 Professional wrestling aerial techniques 246k 46.3 74.5% Martial art
14 Jon Jones 207k 35.5 12.9% Martial art
15 Ricky Hatton 200k 30.1 15.4% Martial art
16 Strikeforce (mixed martial arts) 195k 39.7 7.7% Martial art
17 Professional wrestling throws 172k 42.4 53.4% Martial art
18 George Foreman 170k 47.1 31.0% Martial art
19 Israel Adesanya 170k 36.3 22.5% Martial art
20 Dustin Poirier 149k 33.7 0.0% Martial art
21 Khabib Nurmagomedov 135k 33.9 19.5% Martial art
22 Dana White 127k 36.1 9.2% Martial art
23 Ben Askren 122k 37.3 14.7% Martial art
24 Quinton Jackson 120k 35.9 0.0% Martial art
25 Oleksandr Ussyk 106k 33.9 21.1% Martial art

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular martial arts compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Australia and ranks each martial art 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 martial art in Australia?

Ultimate Fighting Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.1M people in Australia.

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