Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Sports and outdoors Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Sports and outdoors in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Sports and outdoors has an estimated audience of 34,272,523 people in United Kingdom.

The average Sports and outdoors fan in United Kingdom is 40.3 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 Ricky Martin, China Airlines, Richmond Football Club, with strongest over-indexing on Ricky Martin (1.57× the country average).

Demographically, the Sports and outdoors audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Urban Lifestyle, Individualism.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 11 brand affinities and 8 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Sports and outdoors fan in United Kingdom is balanced, around 40.3 years old, with strong Urban Lifestyle tendencies and a notable affinity for Ricky Martin.

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 and outdoors profile in United Kingdom.

Audience size
34.3M
in United Kingdom
Gender
53.6%
46.4% male
Age
40.3
average years
Country rank
#23
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+5309%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Sports and outdoors fans

53.6% are female, 46.4% are male, average age 40.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.6%
Female
46.4%
Male
Demographic split for Sports and outdoors audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female53.6%
Male46.4%
Average age40.3
Estimated audience size34,272,523
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.3
average years
Age distribution of the Sports and outdoors audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2917%
30-3918%
40-4921%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.9%

of the worldwide Sports and outdoors audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Sports and outdoors
CountryShare
United States24.8%
Japan8.8%
Italy5.6%
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 Sports and outdoors audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Sports and outdoors fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01North East~1.5M1.05×
02East Midlands~2.5M1.04×
03East of England~3M1.01×
04South West~3M1.00×
05North West~3.5M0.98×
06South East~4.5M0.97×
07Yorkshire and the Humber~2.5M0.96×
08West Midlands~1.5M0.96×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Sports and outdoors audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Melbourne Football ClubSports2.00×
02Show Jumping World CupSports1.69×
03China AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.68×
04UniEuroShopping1.68×
05Richmond Football ClubSports1.64×
06AFL Grand FinalSports1.63×
07Pinko (fashion)Fashion & Accessoires1.59×
08Juventus StadiumSports1.59×
09Ricky MartinMusic & Radio1.57×
10IT: Immobiliare.itHome & Garden1.57×
11Western BulldogsSports1.55×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Sports and outdoors 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 and outdoors audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.20×
IndividualismJOY1.16×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.16×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sports and outdoors audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.87×
Community OrientationOPEN0.88×
IndulgenceJOY0.90×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Sports and outdoors have in United Kingdom?

Sports and outdoors has an estimated audience of 34,272,523 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in South East and North West.

02

What is the gender split and age of Sports and outdoors fans?

53.6% of Sports and outdoors fans are female, 46.4% are male, with an average age of 40.3 years.

03

Which brands do Sports and outdoors fans like most?

Sports and outdoors fans show strongest brand affinity for Ricky Martin (1.57×), China Airlines (1.68×), and Richmond Football Club (1.64×) over the country average.

04

Where do Sports and outdoors fans live in United Kingdom?

Sports and outdoors fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in South East (reach ~4.5M), North West (reach ~3.5M), and East of England (reach ~3M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Sports and outdoors fans also like?

Beyond Sports and outdoors itself, the audience over-indexes on China Airlines (1.68×), Richmond Football Club (1.64×), UniEuro (1.68×), and AFL Grand Final (1.63×) 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 and outdoors. 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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