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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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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
26 Baseball 11M 31.0 14.0% Sport
27 England cricket team 11M 27.5 25.2% Cricket
28 Premier League 11M 28.0 25.3% Soccer
29 ICC Champions Trophy 10M 27.8 26.0% Cricket
30 UEFA Champions League 10M 28.1 28.5% Soccer
31 Yoga 9.4M 34.6 30.0% Sport
32 Big Bash League 8.5M 27.4 26.3%
33 Manchester United F.C. 8.3M 29.4 14.5% Soccer
34 FC Barcelona 8.2M 28.6 24.9% Soccer
35 Volleyball 8.2M 31.3 16.2% Sport
36 Weight training 8.1M 34.1 24.9%
37 Kabaddi 7.8M 29.3 9.7%
38 Cricket clothing and equipment 7.5M 28.8 20.7%
39 Australian Open (golf) 7.5M 43.3 0.0% Golf
40 Golf 7.4M 35.0 18.9% Sport
41 South Africa national cricket team 7.3M 31.4 2.1% Cricket
42 Sachin Tendulkar 7.2M 29.2 24.4% Cricket
43 Asia Cup 7.2M 29.4 13.2%
44 Ishan Kishan 7M 24.7 5.5% Cricket
45 Dream 11 6.9M 28.2 6.6%
46 Cristiano Ronaldo 6.9M 28.3 29.4% Soccer
47 Men's Fitness 6.8M 32.5 35.4%
48 Strength training 6.6M 32.7 21.8%
49 Shreyas Iyer 6.5M 27.3 8.1% Cricket
50 Sportskeeda 6.5M 28.3 23.2%

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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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