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
76 Junior dos Santos 19k 36.1 43.2% Martial art
77 David Haye 18k 35.6 34.2% Martial art
78 Stipe Miocic 18k 36.3 22.0% Martial art
79 Lee Haney 17k 37.7 39.0% Martial art
80 Rodolfo Vieira (BJJ) 17k 36.5 25.1% Martial art
81 World Karate Federation 17k 38.4 45.2% Martial art
82 Tony Bellew 17k 36.0 36.2% Martial art
83 Roy Jones, Jr. 16k 28.0 0.0% Martial art
84 Dominick Cruz 15k 37.9 13.5% Martial art
85 Gracie family 15k 35.8 23.3% Martial art
86 Miesha Tate 14k 34.2 7.5% Martial art
87 Robbie Lawler 13k 37.8 28.6% Martial art
88 Donald Cerrone 13k 34.6 21.2% Martial art
89 Forrest Griffin 12k 32.2 33.2% Martial art
90 Urijah Faber 12k 38.7 5.1% Martial art
91 Cris Cyborg 12k 35.3 50.7% Martial art
92 Vitor Belfort 12k 30.6 14.4% Martial art
93 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 12k 33.3 7.2% Martial art
94 Dan Henderson 12k 43.5 32.4% Martial art
95 T.J. Dillashaw 12k 28.0 0.0% Martial art
96 Rickson Gracie 12k 35.6 26.2% Martial art
97 Carl Froch 11k 35.6 8.8% Martial art
98 Josh Hill 10k 39.0 25.9% Martial art
99 Danny MacAskill 9.9k 40.4 22.4% Martial art
100 World Judo Championships 9.3k 40.1 0.0% 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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