Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Long-distance running Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Long-distance running in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Long-distance running has an estimated audience of 3,163,351 people in United Kingdom.

The average Long-distance running fan in United Kingdom is 40.0 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in South East.

The audience is concentrated in South East, North West, East of England.

Top brand affinities include Indoor cycling, Ironman 70.3, Chicago Marathon, with strongest over-indexing on Indoor cycling (13.34× the country average).

Demographically, the Long-distance running audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Community Orientation, Patriotism.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 8 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Long-distance running fan in United Kingdom is balanced, around 40.0 years old, with strong Community Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Indoor cycling.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Long-distance running profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
3.2M
in United Kingdom
Gender
48.6%
51.4% male
Age
40.0
average years
Country rank
#2317
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-11%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Long-distance running fans

48.6% are female, 51.4% are male, average age 40.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

48.6%
Female
51.4%
Male
Demographic split for Long-distance running audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female48.6%
Male51.4%
Average age40.0
Estimated audience size3,163,351
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.0
average years
Age distribution of the Long-distance running audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2922%
30-3922%
40-4922%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

6.3%

of the worldwide Long-distance running audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Long-distance running
CountryShare
United States22.6%
Japan8.4%
United Kingdom6.3%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United Kingdom average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Long-distance running audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Long-distance running fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01West Midlands~100K1.10×
02Yorkshire and the Humber~300K1.07×
03North East~100K1.07×
04South East~400K1.03×
05South West~300K1.01×
06East Midlands~200K0.97×
07East of England~300K0.95×
08North West~300K0.88×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Long-distance running audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Boston MarathonSports18.78×
02Ironman 70.3Sports18.15×
03Chicago MarathonSports14.72×
04Indoor cyclingSports13.34×
05SauconySports8.24×
06New York City MarathonSports8.01×
07ParkrunSports7.93×
08Half marathonSports5.35×
09London MarathonSports4.09×
10GymnasticsSports3.97×
11MarathonsSports3.90×
12Child developmentBusiness & Career3.32×
13CrossFitSports2.58×
14Track and fieldSports2.51×
15New BalanceFashion & Accessoires2.42×
16Extreme sportSports2.31×
17GymsharkSports2.22×
18Property finderHome & Garden2.00×
19Local foodFood & Beverages1.90×
20Mobile gameGames1.76×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Long-distance running 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 Long-distance running audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Community OrientationOPEN1.95×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.85×
IndulgenceJOY1.69×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Long-distance running audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.83×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.83×
CreativityOPEN0.92×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Long-distance running have in United Kingdom?

Long-distance running has an estimated audience of 3,163,351 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in South East and North West.

02

What is the gender split and age of Long-distance running fans?

48.6% of Long-distance running fans are female, 51.4% are male, with an average age of 40.0 years.

03

Which brands do Long-distance running fans like most?

Long-distance running fans show strongest brand affinity for Indoor cycling (13.34×), Ironman 70.3 (18.15×), and Chicago Marathon (14.72×) over the country average.

04

Where do Long-distance running fans live in United Kingdom?

Long-distance running fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in South East (reach ~400K), North West (reach ~300K), and East of England (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Long-distance running fans also like?

Beyond Long-distance running itself, the audience over-indexes on Ironman 70.3 (18.15×), Chicago Marathon (14.72×), Parkrun (7.93×), and Gymnastics (3.97×) compared to the United Kingdom average.

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How to read this data

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

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