Popularity ranking · Canada

The 93 most popular Rugby in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 93 largest rugby in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. National Rugby League, Rugby World Cup and Top 14 lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.7M people. Across all 93 entries the average audience size is 35k, and the largest, National Rugby League, reaches around 669k people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each rugby, 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 93, 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 Jose Ramírez 13k 35.8 30.6% Rugby
27 Ian Smith 12k Rugby
28 New Zealand Warriors 11k 35.3 41.4% Rugby
29 Faf de Klerk 9.4k 34.2 50.5% Rugby
30 North Queensland Cowboys 9.4k 34.6 49.2% Rugby
31 Newcastle Knights 8.7k 35.7 57.0% Rugby
32 Andre Berto 8.6k 41.8 0.0% Rugby
33 South Sydney Rabbitohs 8.5k 36.9 37.6% Rugby
34 Heineken Cup 8.4k 43.2 28.6% Rugby
35 Parramatta Eels 8.4k 34.6 39.6% Rugby
36 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8.2k 33.7 30.3% Rugby
37 Canberra Raiders 7.8k 27.9 63.0% Rugby
38 Sonny Bill Williams 7.5k 29.3 50.7% Rugby
39 Jonny Wilkinson 7.3k 34.9 50.6% Rugby
40 Dan Carter 6.5k 37.3 46.8% Rugby
41 Currie Cup 6.2k 28.2 39.6% Rugby
42 Owen Farrell 4.8k 30.2 35.1% Rugby
43 Melbourne Storm 4.8k 39.3 47.0% Rugby
44 Stuart Hogg 4.6k 32.9 45.8% Rugby
45 Finn Russell 4.5k 32.9 45.8% Rugby
46 Chiefs (rugby union) 4.4k 40.0 71.8% Rugby
47 Beauden Barrett 4.1k 34.2 50.5% Rugby
48 Scottish Rugby Union 3.9k 34.5 48.4% Rugby
49 Maro Itoje 3.4k 34.2 50.1% Rugby
50 Major League Rugby 3.4k 34.2 50.5% Rugby

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular rugby compiled?

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

National Rugby League currently leads with an estimated audience of 669k people in Canada.

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