Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Basketball Audience in Brazil

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Basketball in Brazil — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Basketball has an estimated audience of 14,704,983 people in Brazil.

The average Basketball fan in Brazil is 36.9 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in São Paulo.

The audience is concentrated in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Federal District.

Top brand affinities include Santos FC, Real Madrid C.F., Neymar, with strongest over-indexing on Santos FC (1.57× the country average).

Demographically, the Basketball audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as DIY Mentality, Need for Security.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 27 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Basketball fan in Brazil is balanced, around 36.9 years old, with strong DIY Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Santos FC.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Basketball profile in Brazil.

Audience size
14.7M
in Brazil
Gender
47.2%
52.8% male
Age
36.9
average years
Country rank
#276
Topic in Brazil
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-15%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Basketball fans

47.2% are female, 52.8% are male, average age 36.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

47.2%
Female
52.8%
Male
Demographic split for Basketball audience in Brazil
MetricValue
Female47.2%
Male52.8%
Average age36.9
Estimated audience size14,704,983
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.9
average years
Age distribution of the Basketball audience in Brazil
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2923%
30-3920%
40-4917%
50+16%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.6%

of the worldwide Basketball audience comes from Brazil.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Basketball
CountryShare
United States24.3%
Japan5.1%
Italy4.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Brazil average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Basketball audience in Brazil is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Basketball fans by region: top regions in Brazil
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Federal District~1.5M5.17×
02São Paulo~10M2.68×
03Espírito Santo~600K1.96×
04Rio de Janeiro~2M1.54×
05Amazonas~400K1.44×
06Rio Grande do Norte~300K1.14×
07Paraná~900K1.04×
08Bahia~1M1.03×
09Pernambuco~600K0.92×
10Maranhão~300K0.92×
11Roraima~40K0.90×
12Pará~400K0.89×
13Amapá~40K0.86×
14Acre~40K0.86×
15Ceará~500K0.75×
16Tocantins~70K0.75×
17Rondônia~90K0.74×
18Sergipe~100K0.71×
19Santa Catarina~500K0.70×
20Rio Grande do Sul~600K0.69×
21Piauí~100K0.69×
22Alagoas~100K0.67×
23Mato Grosso do Sul~100K0.65×
24Paraíba~200K0.64×
25Mato Grosso~200K0.59×
26Minas Gerais~900K0.58×
27Goiás~300K0.52×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Basketball audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Basketball audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01LindåsTravel & Leisure2.66×
02MaranhãoTravel & Leisure2.49×
03North Region, BrazilTravel & Leisure2.48×
04OntologyHealth2.38×
05Sovereign statePolitics & Society2.37×
06ShopeeShopping2.35×
07RedeTV!Movies & TV2.34×
08Southeast Region, BrazilTravel & Leisure2.31×
09Clube do RemoSports2.23×
10Esporte Clube JuventudeSports2.22×
11DeityPolitics & Society2.20×
12Andressa UrachFashion & Accessoires2.11×
13NBASports1.99×
14Fortaleza Esporte ClubeSports1.88×
15UEFA Champions LeagueSports1.64×
16NeymarSports1.59×
17Santos FCSports1.57×
18Real Madrid C.F.Sports1.55×
19Esporte Clube VitóriaSports1.54×
20Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto AlegrenseSports1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Basketball audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Basketball audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
DIY MentalityTHRILL1.22×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.22×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.22×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Basketball audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY0.88×
Career OrientationPOWER0.91×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.99×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Basketball have in Brazil?

Basketball has an estimated audience of 14,704,983 people in Brazil, concentrated in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

02

What is the gender split and age of Basketball fans?

47.2% of Basketball fans are female, 52.8% are male, with an average age of 36.9 years.

03

Which brands do Basketball fans like most?

Basketball fans show strongest brand affinity for Santos FC (1.57×), Real Madrid C.F. (1.55×), and Neymar (1.59×) over the country average.

04

Where do Basketball fans live in Brazil?

Basketball fans in Brazil are most concentrated in São Paulo (reach ~10M), Rio de Janeiro (reach ~2M), and Federal District (reach ~1.5M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Basketball fans also like?

Beyond Basketball itself, the audience over-indexes on Real Madrid C.F. (1.55×), Neymar (1.59×), Shopee (2.35×), and Clube do Remo (2.23×) compared to the Brazil average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Brazil who actively search for Basketball. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Brazil. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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