Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Sports in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 510 sports tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Basketball and Golf lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 46M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.4M, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 22M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each sport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany 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 Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Endurance training 1.8M 41.4 52.8% Sport
77 Bouldering 1.7M 36.2 44.6% Sport
78 Table tennis 1.7M 34.6 33.5% Sport
79 Rallying 1.7M 37.4 16.4% Sport
80 Cross-country skiing 1.7M 36.2 44.1% Sport
81 Grappling 1.7M 33.7 23.1% Sport
82 Surfing 1.7M 37.6 48.6% Sport
83 Paragliding 1.6M 34.3 49.6% Sport
84 Cross country running 1.6M 36.8 45.4% Sport
85 Field hockey 1.5M 35.8 37.9% Sport
86 Ice skating 1.5M 36.4 44.0% Sport
87 Wakesurfing 1.5M 36.7 50.5% Sport
88 Freediving 1.4M 39.3 48.5% Sport
89 Karate 1.4M 33.7 28.8% Sport
90 Freestyle Motocross 1.4M 31.4 24.4% Sport
91 Acrobatics 1.3M 36.9 59.7% Sport
92 Beach volleyball 1.3M 35.6 41.7% Sport
93 Trail riding 1.3M 37.8 66.2% Sport
94 Hobby Horsing 1.3M 33.6 63.1% Sport
95 Free climbing 1.2M 37.0 42.5% Sport
96 Rafting 1.2M 41.0 49.1% Sport
97 Kickboxing 1.2M 33.8 27.8% Sport
98 Track cycling 1.2M 37.8 28.9% Sport
99 Taekwondo 1.2M 32.8 28.1% Sport
100 Bowling 1.2M 36.1 40.7% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each sport 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 sport in Germany?

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 22M people in Germany.

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