Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular Basketball in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest basketball in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k basketball tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. NBA, College basketball and Virtus Bologna lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 16M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 729k, and the largest, NBA, reaches around 7M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each basketball, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy 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 Italy who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Italy. 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 Italy, 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 Italy. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 NBA 7M 33.8 33.9% Basketball
2 College basketball 4.5M 37.3 43.3% Basketball
3 Virtus Bologna 4.5M 38.5 44.5% Basketball
4 NBA Finals 3.4M 31.5 32.3% Basketball
5 Miami Heat 3.3M 40.1 46.1% Basketball
6 NBA playoffs 2.8M 31.8 33.3% Basketball
7 Los Angeles Lakers 2.3M 32.8 35.6% Basketball
8 Golden State Warriors 2M 33.5 38.2% Basketball
9 Trapani Shark 1.8M 39.9 40.7% Basketball
10 Denver Nuggets 1.6M 39.6 52.1% Basketball
11 Achille Polonara 1.5M 36.1 42.4% Basketball
12 Olimpia Milano 1.5M 34.9 25.6% Basketball
13 LeBron James 1.3M 32.5 35.8% Basketball
14 Michael Jordan 1.3M 32.6 37.5% Basketball
15 Chicago Bulls 1.3M 29.4 28.6% Basketball
16 Pallacanestro Trieste 1.2M 39.9 40.7% Basketball
17 Pallacanestro Trieste 1.2M 38.4 37.7% Basketball
18 Napoli Basket 1.1M 38.0 44.2% Basketball
19 Lega Basket Serie A 1M 31.0 39.9% Basketball
20 Pallacanestro Varese 939k 36.3 43.4% Basketball
21 Boston Celtics 894k 29.1 28.4% Basketball
22 Pallacanestro Cantù 783k 47.4 62.2% Basketball
23 Brooklyn Nets 716k 31.7 37.8% Basketball
24 New York Knicks 607k 29.0 36.6% Basketball
25 Victoria Libertas Pesaro 590k 38.1 45.3% Basketball

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular basketball compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each basketball 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 basketball in Italy?

NBA currently leads with an estimated audience of 7M people in Italy.

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