Rascasse Audience Intelligence

NFL Audience in Brazil

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about NFL in Brazil — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. NFL has an estimated audience of 4,458,233 people in Brazil.

The average NFL fan in Brazil is 34.0 years old, more male, and lives primarily in São Paulo.

The audience is concentrated in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro.

Top brand affinities include Sportingbet, Memphis Depay, Michael Jackson, with strongest over-indexing on Sportingbet (2× the country average).

Demographically, the NFL audience skews more male with an average age of 34.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Urban Lifestyle.

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

The typical NFL fan in Brazil is more male, around 34.0 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Sportingbet.

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: American football

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 NFL profile in Brazil.

Audience size
4.5M
in Brazil
Gender
34.0%
66.0% male
Age
34.0
average years
Country rank
#1525
Event in Brazil
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of NFL fans

34.0% are female, 66.0% are male, average age 34.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

34.0%
Female
66.0%
Male
Demographic split for NFL audience in Brazil
MetricValue
Female34.0%
Male66.0%
Average age34.0
Estimated audience size4,458,233
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.0
average years
Age distribution of the NFL audience in Brazil
Age bracketShare%
16-1931%
20-2924%
30-3919%
40-4914%
50+12%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.7%

of the worldwide NFL audience comes from Brazil.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for NFL
CountryShare
United States60.1%
Canada4.3%
China3.2%
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 NFL audience in Brazil is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

NFL fans by region: top regions in Brazil
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Rio Grande do Sul~300K1.79×
02São Paulo~1M1.55×
03Santa Catarina~200K1.54×
04Paraná~300K1.53×
05Federal District~80K1.53×
06Minas Gerais~400K1.37×
07Rio de Janeiro~400K1.26×
08Mato Grosso do Sul~60K1.24×
09Espírito Santo~70K1.07×
10Pernambuco~100K1.00×
11Goiás~100K0.98×
12Paraíba~60K0.95×
13Rio Grande do Norte~50K0.94×
14Mato Grosso~50K0.89×
15Amazonas~50K0.87×
16Ceará~100K0.83×
17Rondônia~20K0.83×
18Roraima~7K0.79×
19Alagoas~30K0.74×
20Acre~8K0.72×
21Tocantins~10K0.71×
22Amapá~8K0.70×
23Piauí~30K0.68×
24Sergipe~20K0.68×
25Bahia~100K0.65×
26Pará~60K0.62×
27Maranhão~40K0.59×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for NFL audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01University of Texas at AustinBusiness & Career10.44×
02New England PatriotsSports4.44×
03Tom BradySports4.17×
04Boston CelticsSports2.22×
05Memphis DepaySports2.19×
06Creative CommonsTechnology & Electronics2.07×
07SportingbetSports2.00×
08CrunchyrollGames1.88×
09BarbieKids & Family1.85×
10WikipediaInternet & Social Media1.84×
11Zoom!Business & Career1.84×
12A.C. MilanSports1.83×
13Pedro PascalMovies & TV1.79×
14Los Angeles LakersSports1.77×
15Al Nassr FCSports1.69×
16Serie BSports1.65×
17Voice over IPTechnology & Electronics1.62×
18Virtual realityTechnology & Electronics1.56×
19Michael JacksonMusic & Radio1.55×
20TelegramInternet & Social Media1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the NFL 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 NFL audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.26×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.05×
Social Media UsageJOY1.05×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by NFL audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.65×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.68×
IndulgenceJOY0.70×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does NFL have in Brazil?

NFL has an estimated audience of 4,458,233 people in Brazil, concentrated in São Paulo and Minas Gerais.

02

What is the gender split and age of NFL fans?

34.0% of NFL fans are female, 66.0% are male, with an average age of 34.0 years.

03

Which brands do NFL fans like most?

NFL fans show strongest brand affinity for Sportingbet (2×), Memphis Depay (2.19×), and Michael Jackson (1.55×) over the country average.

04

Where do NFL fans live in Brazil?

NFL fans in Brazil are most concentrated in São Paulo (reach ~1M), Minas Gerais (reach ~400K), and Rio de Janeiro (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do NFL fans also like?

Beyond NFL itself, the audience over-indexes on Memphis Depay (2.19×), Michael Jackson (1.55×), Al Nassr FC (1.69×), and Wikipedia (1.84×) 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 NFL. 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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