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The 100 most popular Sports audiences in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 20k sports audiences tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Tim Horton, Ice Hockey World Championships and FIFA World Cup 2026 lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 203M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 7.7M, and the largest, Tim Horton, reaches around 119M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each sports audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada 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 Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Tim Horton 119M 40.5 61.9% Ice hockey
2 Ice Hockey World Championships 45M 36.6 38.6% Ice hockey
3 FIFA World Cup 2026 40M 36.5 32.0% Soccer
4 Toronto Blue Jays 23M 41.3 35.0% Baseball
5 Sports 21M 39.3 48.8% Lifestyle cluster
6 Sports and outdoors 20M 37.3 50.4% Lifestyle cluster
7 Fitness and wellness 19M Lifestyle cluster
8 Hobbies and activities 18M 37.4 51.6% Lifestyle cluster
9 Outdoor recreation 17M 40.5 47.8% Lifestyle cluster
10 Physical fitness 14M 41.2 52.4% Lifestyle cluster
11 NHL 14M 38.2 41.6% Ice hockey
12 Physical exercise 13M 41.2 53.5% Lifestyle cluster
13 Sportsnet 11M 42.1 30.2%
14 Toronto Maple Leafs 11M 39.4 38.3% Ice hockey
15 NFL 11M 35.0 42.7% American football
16 Montreal Canadiens 11M 39.2 38.2% Ice hockey
17 FIFA World Cup 10M 36.2 27.9% Soccer
18 NBA 9.7M 34.8 36.0% Basketball
19 Soccer 9.6M 38.6 44.2% Sport
20 Basketball 9.6M 38.3 38.8% Sport
21 Golf 9.1M 43.2 41.5% Sport
22 Ice hockey 9.1M 38.0 43.8% Sport
23 Edmonton Oilers 8.1M 38.4 37.3% Ice hockey
24 Training 7.9M 40.5 50.6%
25 Réseau des sports 7.8M 35.1 23.0%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each sports audience 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 sports audience in Canada?

Tim Horton currently leads with an estimated audience of 119M people in Canada.

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