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Top 100 Sports in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 387 sports tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Cricket, Soccer and Basketball lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 62M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.7M, and the largest, Cricket, reaches around 32M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each sport, 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
1 Cricket 32M 30.5 22.5% Sport
2 Soccer 16M 30.8 17.5% Sport
3 Basketball 15M 30.1 18.5% Sport
4 Baseball 11M 31.0 14.0% Sport
5 Yoga 9.4M 34.6 30.0% Sport
6 Volleyball 8.2M 31.3 16.2% Sport
7 Golf 7.4M 35.0 18.9% Sport
8 Swimming 6.2M 34.0 20.8% Sport
9 Handball 5.9M 30.2 10.0% Sport
10 American football 5.5M 31.2 18.7% Sport
11 Bodybuilding 5.4M 32.9 20.6% Sport
12 Wrestling 5.3M 28.3 12.2% Sport
13 Fishing 5.1M 33.7 17.9% Sport
14 Martial arts 4.9M 29.5 14.3% Sport
15 CrossFit 4.8M 32.3 23.4% Sport
16 Road running 4.5M Sport
17 Badminton 4.4M 30.4 17.9% Sport
18 Tennis 4.3M 31.2 23.2% Sport
19 Combat sport 4.3M 27.8 22.8% Sport
20 Cycling 4.2M 31.1 14.8% Sport
21 Mixed martial arts 4.1M 29.6 11.9% Sport
22 Motorcycle sport 3.8M 27.4 13.8% Sport
23 Gymnastics 3.8M 31.1 26.1% Sport
24 Rugby union 3.7M 28.3 9.8% Sport
25 Squash (sport) 3.6M 32.7 24.0% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India 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 India?

Cricket currently leads with an estimated audience of 32M people in India.

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