Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

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
76 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 5.1M 38.0 35.0% Soccer
77 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 5.1M 41.8 45.3% Stadium
78 Golf ball 5M 39.4 33.1%
79 Golf equipment 5M 39.1 31.4%
80 Sky News 5M 43.7 53.4%
81 Rangers FC 4.9M 40.0 32.3% Soccer
82 WWE 4.9M 39.4 31.2% Wrestling
83 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 4.9M 40.9 39.6% Stadium
84 FC Bayern Munich 4.8M 35.0 33.2% Soccer
85 Boxing 4.8M 39.6 33.8% Sport
86 Leicester City F.C. 4.6M 39.1 31.3% Soccer
87 Anthony Joshua 4.5M 36.6 22.4% Martial art
88 The O2 Arena 4.5M 43.9 44.3% Arena
89 Professional wrestling 4.5M 37.4 29.2% Martial art
90 Anfield 4.4M 43.9 44.3% Stadium
91 Winter sport 4.4M 39.9 43.4%
92 Team 4.3M 40.1 46.1%
93 Wrestling 4.3M 35.9 22.5% Sport
94 Lewis Hamilton 4.3M 40.5 29.4% Motorsport
95 Bodybuilding 4.2M 41.9 50.1% Sport
96 Carlos Alcaraz 4.2M 41.6 42.2% Tennis
97 Tim Horton 4.2M 39.8 60.9% Ice hockey
98 Jannik Sinner 4.2M 41.5 42.3% Tennis
99 Fishing reel 4.1M 43.6 31.4%
100 Lightweight 4.1M 45.9 64.0%

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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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