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The 100 most popular Sports audiences in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 21k sports audiences tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. FIFA World Cup, Manchester United F.C. and FIFA World Cup 2026 lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 94M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 8.7M, and the largest, FIFA World Cup, reaches around 33M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each sports audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 FIFA World Cup 33M 40.9 31.4% Soccer
2 Manchester United F.C. 31M 38.7 35.7% Soccer
3 FIFA World Cup 2026 30M 37.0 32.0% Soccer
4 Soccer 23M 42.1 46.3% Sport
5 Premier League 22M 40.5 34.8% Soccer
6 BBC Sport 18M 44.1 34.5%
7 Training 17M 43.5 55.1%
8 Golf 17M 44.4 45.2% Sport
9 Wembley Stadium 17M 39.5 49.8% Stadium
10 Manchester City F.C. 16M 37.7 35.7% Soccer
11 Liverpool F.C. 15M 39.5 41.4% Soccer
12 UEFA Champions League 14M 39.1 32.5% Soccer
13 Team sport 14M
14 Basketball 13M 39.4 43.4% Sport
15 Rugby union 11M 41.9 44.5% Sport
16 Swimming 11M 45.1 57.9% Sport
17 Formula One 11M 41.9 27.8% Motorsport
18 Walking 11M 48.5 62.5% Sport
19 Racing Post 11M 47.6 36.8% Newspaper
20 Cricket 11M 42.1 46.3% Sport
21 Rugby league 10M 41.0 45.7%
22 Strength training 10M 41.8 51.8%
23 American football 10M 38.7 41.1% Sport
24 Weight training 10M 42.5 53.5%
25 Swimming pool 9.5M 45.5 62.3%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each sports audience 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 sports audience in United Kingdom?

FIFA World Cup currently leads with an estimated audience of 33M people in United Kingdom.

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