Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Rugby league Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Rugby league in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Rugby league has an estimated audience of 10,397,358 people in United Kingdom.

The average Rugby league fan in United Kingdom is 41.0 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in England.

The audience is concentrated in England, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic

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 Rugby league profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
10.4M
in United Kingdom
Gender
45.7%
54.3% male
Age
41.0
average years
Country rank
#475
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Rugby league fans

45.7% are female, 54.3% are male, average age 41.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

45.7%
Female
54.3%
Male
Demographic split for Rugby league audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female45.7%
Male54.3%
Average age41.0
Estimated audience size10,397,358
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.0
average years
Age distribution of the Rugby league audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1916%
20-2920%
30-3919%
40-4920%
50+25%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

8.0%

of the worldwide Rugby league audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Rugby league
CountryShare
United States34.3%
United Kingdom8.0%
Australia5.6%
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 Rugby league audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Rugby league fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Yorkshire and the Humber~3.5M4.16×
02North West~2M1.94×
03England~8M1.64×
04Wales~800K1.33×
05North East~300K0.68×
06Scotland~600K0.60×
07Northern Ireland~200K0.55×
08West Midlands~200K0.37×
09East Midlands~300K0.34×
10East of England~300K0.30×
11South West~300K0.30×
12South East~300K0.24×
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United Kingdom who actively search for Rugby league. 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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