Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 biggest NHL fan bases in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest nhl teams in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1k nhl teams tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 30M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.3M, and the largest, Toronto Maple Leafs, reaches around 11M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each nhl team, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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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 Minnesota Wild 1.2M 39.3 27.4% Ice hockey
27 Anaheim Ducks 1.1M 39.8 24.0% Ice hockey
28 Philadelphia Flyers 1.1M 39.1 26.4% Ice hockey
29 Dallas Stars 1.1M 39.4 26.6% Ice hockey
30 Florida Panthers 1.1M 39.8 24.7% Ice hockey
31 San Jose Sharks 1.1M 39.8 26.0% Ice hockey
32 Matthew Tkachuk 1M 39.0 33.2% Ice hockey
33 Los Angeles Kings 1M 39.3 25.2% Ice hockey
34 New York Rangers 1M 39.4 27.7% Ice hockey
35 New York Islanders 993k 39.2 27.0% Ice hockey
36 Arber Xhekaj 987k 38.7 39.9% Ice hockey
37 Alex Ovechkin 986k 39.3 32.5% Ice hockey
38 Stuart Skinner 981k 38.6 34.9% Ice hockey
39 Brady Tkachuk 969k 39.2 36.6% Ice hockey
40 Corey Perry 950k 38.6 36.1% Ice hockey
41 Seattle Kraken 928k 38.1 46.1% Ice hockey
42 Carter Hart 900k 38.2 41.6% Ice hockey
43 Sam Bennett 900k 39.0 33.2% Ice hockey
44 Matthew Schaefer 878k 38.7 34.3% Ice hockey
45 Noah Dobson 815k 38.7 39.9% Ice hockey
46 William Nylander 800k 38.8 39.9% Ice hockey
47 Utah Mammoth 799k 44.3 27.2% Ice hockey
48 Matthew Knies 797k 38.8 39.9% Ice hockey
49 Anthony Stolarz 736k 38.8 39.9% Ice hockey
50 John Tavares 715k 38.8 39.9% Ice hockey

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular nhl teams compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each nhl team 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 nhl team in Canada?

Toronto Maple Leafs currently leads with an estimated audience of 11M people in Canada.

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