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
51 Lennox Lewis 36k 41.1 0.0% Martial art
52 B.J. Penn 34k 34.4 9.3% Martial art
53 Mark Hunt 34k 35.6 0.0% Martial art
54 Chuck Liddell 33k 33.1 7.0% Martial art
55 International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness 31k 34.5 35.6% Martial art
56 Fedor Emelianenko 31k 40.7 16.1% Martial art
57 Henry Cejudo 31k 35.4 24.9% Martial art
58 Venum 31k 31.1 20.8% Martial art
59 Rocky Marciano 30k 37.0 12.9% Martial art
60 Michael Bisping 30k 35.7 0.0% Martial art
61 Sherdog 28k 32.7 5.5% Martial art
62 Holly Holm 27k 37.0 23.5% Martial art
63 Tim Kennedy (fighter) 27k 39.9 29.6% Martial art
64 Wladimir Klitschko 25k 37.9 17.8% Martial art
65 John Wayne Parr 24k 37.6 12.5% Martial art
66 Bruce Buffer 24k 37.7 27.2% Martial art
67 Brendan Schaub 23k 36.7 31.6% Martial art
68 Dereck Chisora 22k 32.7 3.6% Martial art
69 Tyron Woodley 22k 34.7 26.7% Martial art
70 Georges St-Pierre 20k 34.5 11.7% Martial art
71 Frédéric Vosgröne 20k 37.6 42.7% Martial art
72 Golden Gloves 20k 34.6 63.2% Martial art
73 Andrew Fisher 20k 39.0 25.9% Martial art
74 Buakaw Banchamek 20k 30.1 0.0% Martial art
75 Gennady Golovkin 20k 38.8 10.1% 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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