Popularity ranking · Belgium

The 100 most popular Sports in Belgium

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Belgium, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 367 sports tracked in Belgium, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Basketball and Golf lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 549k, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 4.4M people in Belgium. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with each sport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Belgium 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 Belgium who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Spearfishing 235k 45.9 33.6% Sport
77 Pool (cue sports) 234k 39.3 34.1% Sport
78 Track cycling 233k 41.1 42.8% Sport
79 Motorcycle trials 233k 44.1 40.2% Sport
80 Mountaineering 231k 41.5 49.2% Sport
81 Paragliding 221k 44.4 39.1% Sport
82 Indoor cycling 218k 42.9 36.5% Sport
83 Snorkeling 217k 42.9 52.4% Sport
84 100 metres 216k 40.3 49.1% Sport
85 Bouldering 207k 38.0 39.3% Sport
86 Handball 203k 37.7 32.6% Sport
87 Field hockey 200k 42.8 41.5% Sport
88 Ski touring 199k 37.3 46.5% Sport
89 Squash (sport) 199k 41.4 42.5% Sport
90 Beach volleyball 197k 38.3 41.1% Sport
91 Parachuting 196k 42.6 50.0% Sport
92 Rafting 191k 43.6 47.6% Sport
93 BMX 189k 39.7 28.5% Sport
94 Freediving 188k 42.5 49.8% Sport
95 Freestyle Motocross 188k 36.1 22.2% Sport
96 Kickboxing 188k 36.9 22.6% Sport
97 Western riding 186k 44.1 43.8% Sport
98 Pétanque 180k 47.5 46.2% Sport
99 Cross-country skiing 165k 39.6 44.2% Sport
100 Japanese martial arts 160k 40.8 25.2% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Belgium and ranks each sport 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 sport in Belgium?

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.4M people in Belgium.

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