Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular Rugby in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest rugby in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 156 rugby tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rugby World Cup, Six Nations Championship and National Rugby League lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 332k, and the largest, Rugby World Cup, reaches around 3.2M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each rugby, 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
26 All Blacks 337k 37.1 34.6% Rugby
27 Maro Itoje 330k 42.8 45.2% Rugby
28 Italy national rugby union team 319k 44.1 55.4% Rugby
29 Saracens F.C. 291k 44.1 33.5% Rugby
30 Jonny Wilkinson 285k 44.1 38.2% Rugby
31 Stuart Hogg 280k 39.6 44.5% Rugby
32 Scarlets 239k 43.4 52.0% Rugby
33 The Rugby Championship 238k 46.4 25.1% Rugby
34 Crusaders (rugby union) 225k 42.1 36.0% Rugby
35 Australia national rugby union team 200k 40.6 23.4% Rugby
36 Duncan Jones 188k 45.8 42.4% Rugby
37 Jonah Lomu 186k 43.2 43.2% Rugby
38 Tonya Harding 181k 29.1 83.8% Rugby
39 Women's rugby league 171k 45.4 35.4% Rugby
40 Heineken Cup 157k 41.0 30.8% Rugby
41 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 140k 38.6 47.6% Rugby
42 Australia national rugby league team 130k 42.0 34.8% Rugby
43 Gareth Thomas (rugby) 130k 44.2 56.5% Rugby
44 Faf de Klerk 128k 41.1 46.7% Rugby
45 Lawrence Dallaglio 115k 43.2 0.0% Rugby
46 Brisbane Broncos 102k 35.8 33.2% Rugby
47 Brian O'Driscoll 99k 42.4 30.5% Rugby
48 Sonny Bill Williams 95k 44.9 47.4% Rugby
49 Ian Smith 85k Rugby
50 Dan Biggar 81k 42.8 45.2% Rugby

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular rugby compiled?

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

Rugby World Cup currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.2M people in United Kingdom.

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