Top list · India

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.

Last updated:

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
26 Electronic sports 3.3M 28.4 20.1% Sport
27 Extreme sport 3.2M 30.5 18.1% Sport
28 Jogging 3M 30.5 36.5% Sport
29 Natural bodybuilding 3M 29.1 24.1% Sport
30 Bandy 2.7M 29.6 5.2% Sport
31 Skiing 2.6M 32.4 23.1% Sport
32 Mountain biking 2.5M 33.1 18.1% Sport
33 Spearfishing 2.4M 33.1 17.4% Sport
34 Track and field 2.3M 27.1 18.6% Sport
35 Hip-hop dance 2.2M 28.2 37.0% Sport
36 Boxing 2.1M 28.0 24.5% Sport
37 Walking 2M 33.5 23.6% Sport
38 Hunting 2M 35.1 16.7% Sport
39 Aerobics 1.9M 31.8 31.3% Sport
40 Long-distance running 1.8M 29.9 25.8% Sport
41 Artistic gymnastics 1.7M 25.9 27.9% Sport
42 Judo 1.6M 27.6 28.4% Sport
43 Grappling 1.5M 30.8 9.4% Sport
44 Diving 1.4M 32.6 26.5% Sport
45 Snowboarding 1.4M 33.4 19.6% Sport
46 Motocross 1.3M 26.4 15.2% Sport
47 Marathons 1.3M 33.0 24.4% Sport
48 Half marathon 1.3M 30.7 24.5% Sport
49 Alpine skiing 1.3M 27.4 29.6% Sport
50 Yin yoga 1.3M 37.5 30.6% Sport

Want the full picture for any of these audiences?

Open any profile to see psychographics, top regions, peer affinities and demographic splits — all derived from the same anonymized signals.

Explore the full directory →

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.

Other top lists in India