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Top 100 Sports in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 447 sports tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Golf and Basketball lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 53M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.7M, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 23M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each sport, 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 Bodybuilding 4.2M 41.9 50.1% Sport
27 Mountain biking 3.9M 41.5 44.0% Sport
28 Alpine skiing 3.7M 39.8 42.2% Sport
29 Jogging 3.7M 41.6 52.7% Sport
30 Hunting 3.6M 45.3 48.8% Sport
31 Motorcycle sport 3.2M 40.3 19.2% Sport
32 Long-distance running 3.2M 40.0 48.6% Sport
33 Horseback riding 3.2M 44.7 59.9% Sport
34 Ice hockey 3M 37.6 42.7% Sport
35 Bicycle touring 3M 44.9 33.9% Sport
36 Windsurfing 2.9M 43.0 48.5% Sport
37 Aerobics 2.9M 40.8 65.8% Sport
38 Shooting sport 2.9M 42.1 37.4% Sport
39 Cycle sport 2.8M 40.4 33.7% Sport
40 Grappling 2.7M 34.8 20.4% Sport
41 Standup paddleboarding 2.7M 44.3 52.2% Sport
42 Paddleboarding 2.6M 45.2 53.7% Sport
43 Natural bodybuilding 2.6M 36.1 37.6% Sport
44 Electronic sports 2.6M 37.5 26.1% Sport
45 Judo 2.3M 34.5 23.7% Sport
46 Snowboarding 2.3M 41.0 43.1% Sport
47 Skateboarding 2.3M 36.5 41.7% Sport
48 5K run 2.2M 40.9 49.8% Sport
49 Middle-distance running 2.2M 39.7 47.5% Sport
50 Darts 2.2M 41.6 35.6% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 23M people in United Kingdom.

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