Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Sports Audience in Switzerland

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Sports in Switzerland — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Sports has an estimated audience of 5,256,076 people in Switzerland.

#3among Lifestyle cluster in Switzerland
#3among Topic in Switzerland
#1in Sports

The average Sports fan in Switzerland is 41.3 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Canton of Zürich.

The audience is concentrated in Canton of Zürich, Vaud, Canton of Bern.

Top brand affinities include Switzerland, Engine, Tour de France, with strongest over-indexing on Switzerland (1.51× the country average).

Demographically, the Sports audience skews balanced with an average age of 41.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Social Media Usage.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 26 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Sports fan in Switzerland is balanced, around 41.3 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Switzerland.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Lifestyle cluster

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Sports profile in Switzerland.

Audience size
5.3M
in Switzerland
Gender
50.3%
49.7% male
Age
41.3
average years
Country rank
#18
Topic in Switzerland
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-21%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Sports fans

50.3% are female, 49.7% are male, average age 41.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.3%
Female
49.7%
Male
Demographic split for Sports audience in Switzerland
MetricValue
Female50.3%
Male49.7%
Average age41.3
Estimated audience size5,256,076
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.3
average years
Age distribution of the Sports audience in Switzerland
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2919%
30-3920%
40-4923%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Sports audience comes from Switzerland.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Sports
CountryShare
United States20.3%
Japan8.3%
India5.0%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Switzerland average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Sports audience in Switzerland is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Sports fans by region: top regions in Switzerland
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Valais~300K2.41×
02Vaud~600K2.37×
03Fribourg~200K2.06×
04Canton of Geneva~500K1.87×
05Neuchatel~100K1.62×
06Graubünden~200K1.47×
07Canton of Zürich~1M1.15×
08Canton of Bern~600K1.14×
09Basel-City~200K0.95×
10Luzern~200K0.92×
11Jura~30K0.85×
12Canton of Zug~50K0.80×
13Canton of St. Gallen~200K0.79×
14Ticino~200K0.78×
15Thurgau~100K0.75×
16Appenzell Innerrhoden~5K0.74×
17Uri~10K0.73×
18Aargau~200K0.72×
19Canton of Nidwalden~10K0.72×
20Canton of Obwalden~10K0.72×
21Canton of Glarus~10K0.72×
22Basel-Landschaft~90K0.71×
23Appenzell Ausserrhoden~10K0.64×
24Solothurn~90K0.62×
25Schwyz~50K0.62×
26Schaffhausen~30K0.60×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Sports audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01WrenchHome & Garden1.73×
02HammerHome & Garden1.72×
03DrillHome & Garden1.62×
04Sport bikeCars & Mobility1.59×
05All-terrain vehicleCars & Mobility1.59×
06Golf ballSports1.59×
07BabywalzKids & Family1.58×
08EngineCars & Mobility1.57×
09Hand toolHome & Garden1.56×
10CarcareCars & Mobility1.56×
11Tour de FranceSports1.54×
12Motorcycle clubCars & Mobility1.53×
13Auto mechanicCars & Mobility1.53×
14Cars (film)Movies & TV1.52×
15DrivingCars & Mobility1.52×
16Automotive designBusiness & Career1.52×
17Auto maintenanceCars & Mobility1.52×
18PGA TourSports1.52×
19SwitzerlandTravel & Leisure1.51×
20Motorcycle accessoriesCars & Mobility1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Sports 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 Sports audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.30×
Social Media UsageJOY1.21×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.16×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sports audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.04×
TravellingTHRILL1.08×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.09×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Sports have in Switzerland?

Sports has an estimated audience of 5,256,076 people in Switzerland, concentrated in Canton of Zürich and Vaud.

02

What is the gender split and age of Sports fans?

50.3% of Sports fans are female, 49.7% are male, with an average age of 41.3 years.

03

Which brands do Sports fans like most?

Sports fans show strongest brand affinity for Switzerland (1.51×), Engine (1.57×), and Tour de France (1.54×) over the country average.

04

Where do Sports fans live in Switzerland?

Sports fans in Switzerland are most concentrated in Canton of Zürich (reach ~1M), Vaud (reach ~600K), and Canton of Bern (reach ~600K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Sports fans also like?

Beyond Sports itself, the audience over-indexes on Engine (1.57×), Tour de France (1.54×), Cars (film) (1.52×), and Sport bike (1.59×) compared to the Switzerland average.

Appendix

Explore more audiences

Related profiles, rankings and the same audience in other markets.

How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Switzerland who actively search for Sports. 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 Switzerland. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

Scale & coverage
500,000+ ready-to-use audiences across 170+ countries

From global mass-market brands to niche local segments — explore the full library and see which intelligence layers are included.

See pricing →