Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 23 biggest The Championship fan bases in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 23 largest the championship teams in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Leicester City F.C., Queens Park Rangers F.C. and Southampton F.C. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12M people. Across all 23 entries the average audience size is 1.4M, and the largest, Leicester City F.C., reaches around 4.6M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each the championship team, 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 23, 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 Leicester City F.C. 4.6M 39.1 31.3% Soccer
2 Queens Park Rangers F.C. 3.8M 41.0 49.8% Soccer
3 Southampton F.C. 3.2M 39.4 29.0% Soccer
4 Middlesbrough F.C. 2.3M 39.1 29.8% Soccer
5 Huddersfield 2M 44.0 53.4% Soccer
6 birmingham city fc 1.6M 39.5 28.1% Soccer
7 Blackburn Rovers F.C. 1.3M 39.6 19.2% Soccer
8 Barnsley F.C. 1.2M 41.8 28.4% Soccer
9 Reading F.C. 1.1M 40.2 24.1% Soccer
10 Stoke City F.C. 1.1M 40.1 26.4% Soccer
11 Millwall F.C. 1M 43.9 32.2% Soccer
12 Cardiff City F.C. 990k 40.7 28.0% Soccer
13 Norwich City F.C. 958k 39.3 27.3% Soccer
14 Ipswich Town F.C. 952k 39.5 21.9% Soccer
15 Watford F.C. 919k 40.4 22.0% Soccer
16 West Bromwich Albion F.C. 877k 39.2 24.3% Soccer
17 Preston North End F.C. 874k 43.9 22.7% Soccer
18 Wigan Athletic F.C. 697k 35.9 20.5% Soccer
19 Swansea City A.F.C. 660k 40.1 31.3% Soccer
20 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 552k 41.6 24.3% Soccer
21 Charlton Athletic F.C. 425k 39.4 19.3% Soccer
22 Derby County F.C. 365k 38.9 20.7% Soccer
23 Hull City A.F.C. 8.3k 39.5 33.0% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular the championship teams compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each the championship team 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 the championship team in United Kingdom?

Leicester City F.C. currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.6M people in United Kingdom.

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