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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
51 SA20 6.4M 28.7 16.9% Cricket
52 Jasprit Bumrah 6.3M 28.1 21.7% Cricket
53 Swimming 6.2M 34.0 20.8% Sport
54 ICC - International Cricket Council 6.2M 28.4 22.9% Cricket
55 New Zealand national cricket team 6.1M 30.0 4.8% Cricket
56 Fishing reel 6.1M 33.0 17.4%
57 Australia national cricket team 6M 27.5 24.9% Cricket
58 WWE 6M 28.9 11.2% Wrestling
59 Handball 5.9M 30.2 10.0% Sport
60 Ravindra Jadeja 5.9M 28.3 22.0% Cricket
61 On 5.6M 30.9 22.9% Running
62 American football 5.5M 31.2 18.7% Sport
63 Bodybuilding 5.4M 32.9 20.6% Sport
64 Rishabh Pant 5.4M 29.9 6.2% Cricket
65 Muscle & Fitness 5.4M 31.9 46.6%
66 South Australia cricket team 5.3M 24.7 3.2% Cricket
67 Wrestling 5.3M 28.3 12.2% Sport
68 IPL Cricket 5.2M 26.5 32.0%
69 Fishing 5.1M 33.7 17.9% Sport
70 NBA 5.1M 29.6 18.7% Basketball
71 Running 5M 33.1 23.0%
72 Formula One 4.9M 28.7 15.9% Motorsport
73 Martial arts 4.9M 29.5 14.3% Sport
74 Al Nassr FC 4.8M 26.3 24.3% Soccer
75 CrossFit 4.8M 32.3 23.4% Sport

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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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