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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
26 Baseball 7.5M 37.8 41.7% Sport
27 MLB 6.8M 36.1 36.7% Baseball
28 Team sport 6.6M
29 American football 6.5M 36.1 41.9% Sport
30 Ultimate Fighting Championship 6.3M 35.7 24.0% Martial art
31 Vegas Golden Knights 5.6M 38.4 41.8% Ice hockey
32 Strength training 5.5M 39.6 47.3%
33 Outdoor enthusiast 5.4M 43.9 46.7%
34 Weight training 5.3M 40.4 49.4%
35 Swimming 5.1M 43.3 49.7% Sport
36 Vancouver Canucks 4.9M 39.3 38.2% Ice hockey
37 Yoga 4.7M 42.2 61.2% Sport
38 Fishing 4.7M 43.8 41.5% Sport
39 Rogers Stadium 4.4M 42.1 33.8% Stadium
40 Martial arts 4.3M 39.0 32.5% Sport
41 Swimming pool 4.3M 43.4 54.3%
42 Winter sport 4.3M 37.3 43.0%
43 Australian Open (golf) 4.2M 40.6 0.0% Golf
44 Rogers Centre 4.2M 39.8 35.2% Stadium
45 Planet Fitness 4.2M 35.3 56.6%
46 Skiing 4.2M 39.1 45.7% Sport
47 Rugby league 4M 35.8 41.0%
48 Golf course 4M 43.4 40.6%
49 Ottawa Senators 4M 40.2 31.6% Ice hockey
50 Mixed martial arts 4M 39.5 23.7% Sport

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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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