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
76 Tonga national rugby union team 46k 41.1 28.7% Rugby
77 Parramatta Eels 46k 40.2 25.4% Rugby
78 Fiji national rugby union team 46k 42.0 37.0% Rugby
79 New Zealand Warriors 43k 36.2 30.7% Rugby
80 Pontypridd RFC 40k 42.5 0.0% Rugby
81 Paulie Malignaggi 39k 28.9 0.0% Rugby
82 Swansea RFC 39k 29.2 62.2% Rugby
83 Canberra Raiders 38k 38.7 29.0% Rugby
84 Sydney Roosters 36k 39.0 24.4% Rugby
85 George North 35k 19.0 0.0% Rugby
86 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 34k 38.6 33.7% Rugby
87 Handre Pollard 34k 41.1 46.7% Rugby
88 Ken Owens 32k 44.6 39.6% Rugby
89 North Queensland Cowboys 32k 38.7 37.3% Rugby
90 Tommy Bowe 32k 38.7 77.0% Rugby
91 RC Toulonnais 32k 39.3 23.2% Rugby
92 South Africa national rugby union team (sevens) 31k 37.6 9.9% Rugby
93 Currie Cup 31k 43.2 40.8% Rugby
94 Union Bordeaux Bègles 29k 35.0 45.5% Rugby
95 Japan national rugby union team 27k 34.2 21.9% Rugby
96 Racing 92 26k 36.6 27.0% Rugby
97 Sam Tomkins 25k 43.6 0.0% Rugby
98 Shane Williams 23k 32.3 25.9% Rugby
99 Anthony Ogogo 22k 32.9 75.9% Rugby
100 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 20k 40.3 0.0% 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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