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The 100 most popular Sports audiences in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 20k sports audiences tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Indian Premier League, FIFA World Cup 2026 and India national cricket team lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 227M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 11M, and the largest, Indian Premier League, reaches around 95M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each sports audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India 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 India who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in India. 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 India, 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 India. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Indian Premier League 95M 30.0 23.0% Cricket
2 FIFA World Cup 2026 68M 28.8 26.1% Soccer
3 India national cricket team 65M 28.7 23.9% Cricket
4 Asia Cup 44M 27.2 9.6%
5 FIFA World Cup 34M 27.8 15.9% Soccer
6 Virat Kohli 33M 28.6 24.4% Cricket
7 Cricket 32M 30.5 22.5% Sport
8 Chennai Super Kings 27M 28.7 25.4% Cricket
9 Rajasthan Royals 20M 28.2 24.4% Cricket
10 Mumbai Indians 18M 29.6 25.9% Cricket
11 Kolkata Knight Riders 18M 28.5 24.2%
12 Team sport 16M
13 Soccer 16M 30.8 17.5% Sport
14 Rohit Sharma 15M 28.3 23.6% Cricket
15 Royal Challengers Bangalore 15M 28.0 24.5%
16 Basketball 15M 30.1 18.5% Sport
17 Cricket World Cup 14M 28.0 23.5% Cricket
18 Pro Kabaddi 13M 27.2 26.7%
19 Fantasy sport 13M 31.5 20.7%
20 Training 13M 32.6 27.3%
21 Pakistan national cricket team 12M 27.6 28.2% Cricket
22 Real Madrid C.F. 12M 28.8 16.0% Soccer
23 Fantasy cricket 12M 30.9 20.4%
24 Hardik Pandya 12M 30.0 25.5% Cricket
25 Sunrisers Hyderabad 11M 28.5 25.0%

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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 India 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 India?

Indian Premier League currently leads with an estimated audience of 95M people in India.

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