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
26 GLORY Kickboxing 100k 30.1 3.2% Martial art
27 Tony Ferguson 93k 42.9 32.5% Martial art
28 Anthony Mundine 88k 40.5 24.4% Martial art
29 Nate Diaz 84k 35.0 10.8% Martial art
30 Nick Diaz 76k 36.9 12.5% Martial art
31 Joseph Parker (boxer) 74k 34.9 15.7% Martial art
32 Petr Yan 73k 36.3 22.5% Martial art
33 Professional wrestling holds 66k 40.4 41.6% Martial art
34 Daniel Cormier 63k 36.7 21.9% Martial art
35 Deontay Wilder 59k 35.8 7.1% Martial art
36 Paige VanZant 57k 31.5 0.0% Martial art
37 Joe Frazier 53k 48.6 0.0% Martial art
38 Dorian Yates 51k 30.9 6.9% Martial art
39 Anderson Silva 50k 37.1 15.4% Martial art
40 Devon Larratt 50k 27.7 41.8% Martial art
41 Premier Boxing Champions 49k 40.8 18.5% Martial art
42 Rose Namajunas 49k 38.3 25.9% Martial art
43 Demetrious Johnson (fighter) 47k 36.1 19.2% Martial art
44 Chael Sonnen 47k 42.5 18.6% Martial art
45 Cain Velasquez 43k 35.4 39.7% Martial art
46 Kimbo Slice 42k 28.5 12.7% Martial art
47 Oscar De La Hoya 40k 42.9 13.6% Martial art
48 Amanda Nunes 37k 34.5 15.8% Martial art
49 Bas Rutten 37k 37.1 13.2% Martial art
50 Eddie Hearn 37k 39.0 34.6% 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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