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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
76 The Ashes 4.7M 27.6 27.7% Motorsport
77 Professional wrestling 4.6M 29.4 12.2% Martial art
78 Road running 4.5M Sport
79 Team 4.4M 27.5 9.2%
80 Badminton 4.4M 30.4 17.9% Sport
81 Sports club 4.4M 28.1 26.8%
82 Manchester City F.C. 4.3M 27.9 24.7% Soccer
83 Tennis 4.3M 31.2 23.2% Sport
84 Physical strength 4.3M 33.7 24.5%
85 Combat sport 4.3M 27.8 22.8% Sport
86 La Liga 4.2M 28.7 16.9% Soccer
87 Cycling 4.2M 31.1 14.8% Sport
88 Sports equipment 4.2M 32.5 27.0%
89 Joe Root 4.2M 26.3 25.3% Cricket
90 Mixed martial arts 4.1M 29.6 11.9% Sport
91 West Indies cricket team 4.1M 29.0 7.6%
92 Lionel Messi 4.1M 28.3 27.2% Soccer
93 Bangladesh national cricket team 3.9M 27.2 29.7% Cricket
94 RCB 3.9M 22.7 10.5%
95 Babar Azam 3.9M 25.8 1.6% Cricket
96 Motorcycle sport 3.8M 27.4 13.8% Sport
97 Gymnastics 3.8M 31.1 26.1% Sport
98 Rugby union 3.7M 28.3 9.8% Sport
99 Rugby league 3.7M 28.5 11.9%
100 Wicket 3.6M 26.5 4.0%

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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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