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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
51 Karate 1.3M 27.9 28.2% Sport
52 Table tennis 1.3M 30.8 14.9% Sport
53 Horseback riding 1.2M 34.7 24.0% Sport
54 Ice hockey 1.2M 27.9 19.7% Sport
55 Middle-distance running 1.2M 29.4 23.4% Sport
56 Field hockey 1.2M 28.2 7.1% Sport
57 5K run 1.1M 30.0 26.0% Sport
58 Iyengar Yoga 1.1M 36.5 30.5% Sport
59 Tractor pulling 1.1M 31.6 9.5% Sport
60 Snorkeling 1.1M 31.6 26.5% Sport
61 100 metres 1M 31.2 23.6% Sport
62 Pool (cue sports) 1M 26.6 16.1% Sport
63 Bobsleigh 1000k 22.1 8.7% Sport
64 Cycle sport 934k 30.6 16.6% Sport
65 Surfing 925k 34.6 22.5% Sport
66 Triathlons 920k 31.3 19.2% Sport
67 Chess 904k 28.9 22.6% Sport
68 Parachuting 888k 30.3 26.4% Sport
69 Freediving 873k 31.9 35.0% Sport
70 Shooting sport 867k 29.0 26.0% Sport
71 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 846k 32.8 20.1% Sport
72 Bicycle touring 838k 30.2 20.5% Sport
73 Pilates 807k 31.1 54.4% Sport
74 Full contact karate 804k 28.6 18.3% Sport
75 Beach volleyball 795k 27.8 16.2% 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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