Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Sports Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Sports in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Sports has an estimated audience of 34,585,330 people in United Kingdom.

The average Sports fan in United Kingdom is 42.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in England.

The audience is concentrated in England, Greater London, South East.

Top brand affinities include Real Canadian Superstore, Tiffany jewelry, Teach Preschool, with strongest over-indexing on Real Canadian Superstore (5.43× the country average).

Demographically, the Sports audience skews balanced with an average age of 42.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Family Orientation, Design Affinity.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 5 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Sports fan in United Kingdom is balanced, around 42.8 years old, with strong Family Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Real Canadian Superstore.

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 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Sports profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
34.6M
in United Kingdom
Gender
53.0%
47.0% male
Age
42.8
average years
Country rank
#20
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Sports fans

53.0% are female, 47.0% are male, average age 42.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.0%
Female
47.0%
Male
Demographic split for Sports audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female53.0%
Male47.0%
Average age42.8
Estimated audience size34,585,330
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.8
average years
Age distribution of the Sports audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2917%
30-3918%
40-4921%
50+30%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.1%

of the worldwide Sports audience comes from United Kingdom.

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 United Kingdom average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Sports audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Sports fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01North West~4.5M1.23×
02East Midlands~3M1.18×
03Wales~2.5M1.14×
04South West~3M1.13×
05Northern Ireland~1M1.09×
06Greater London~4.5M1.03×
07East of England~3M1.03×
08South East~4.5M0.98×
09Scotland~3M0.93×
10England~26M0.84×
11Yorkshire and the Humber~2.5M0.82×
12North East~1M0.82×
13West Midlands~1M0.79×
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×
01Real Canadian SuperstoreShopping5.43×
02Teach PreschoolKids & Family1.77×
03Palestinian Central Bureau of StatisticsPolitics & Society1.70×
04Gaza City مدينة غزةTravel & Leisure1.55×
05Tiffany jewelryBrand1.52×
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
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.82×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.81×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.80×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sports audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.60×
CreativityOPEN0.63×
Community OrientationOPEN0.63×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Sports have in United Kingdom?

Sports has an estimated audience of 34,585,330 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in England and Greater London.

02

What is the gender split and age of Sports fans?

53.0% of Sports fans are female, 47.0% are male, with an average age of 42.8 years.

03

Which brands do Sports fans like most?

Sports fans show strongest brand affinity for Real Canadian Superstore (5.43×), Tiffany jewelry (1.52×), and Teach Preschool (1.77×) over the country average.

04

Where do Sports fans live in United Kingdom?

Sports fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in England (reach ~26M), Greater London (reach ~4.5M), and South East (reach ~4.5M). 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 Tiffany jewelry (1.52×), Teach Preschool (1.77×), Gaza City مدينة غزة (1.55×), and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (1.7×) 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 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 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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