Top 50 Martial arts in Italy
This curated ranking covers the 50 largest martial arts in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 331 martial arts tracked in Italy, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship, Professional wrestling and Adrien Broner lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8,014,022 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 343,103, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship, reaches around 3,485,442 people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each martial art, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ultimate Fighting Championship |
3,485,442 | 2.5% | Martial art | Sports |
| 2 |  Professional wrestling |
3,241,297 | 3.2% | Martial art | Sports |
| 3 |  Adrien Broner |
1,287,283 | 12.1% | Martial art | Sports |
| 4 |  Mr. Olympia |
649,266 | 6.0% | Martial art | Sports |
| 5 |  Conor McGregor |
592,993 | 3.0% | Martial art | Sports |
| 6 |  MMAFighting.com - The Mixed Martial Arts News Website |
583,183 | 63.0% | Martial art | Sports |
| 7 |  Georges St-Pierre |
579,585 | 2.8% | Martial art | Sports |
| 8 |  rey mysterıo |
554,400 | 13.0% | Martial art | Sports |
| 9 |  ONE Championship |
553,832 | 3.1% | Martial art | Sports |
| 10 |  Anthony Joshua |
445,872 | 2.7% | Martial art | Sports |
| 11 |  Jon Jones |
366,864 | 2.7% | Martial art | Sports |
| 12 |  George Foreman |
339,644 | 1.6% | Martial art | Sports |
| 13 |  Professional wrestling promotion |
303,122 | 2.0% | Martial art | Sports |
| 14 |  Alessio Sakara |
288,184 | 96.0% | Martial art | Sports |
| 15 |  Rocky Marciano |
237,641 | 12.9% | Martial art | Sports |
| 16 |  Tyson Fury |
227,364 | 3.3% | Martial art | Sports |
| 17 |  Khabib Nurmagomedov |
217,511 | 2.9% | Martial art | Sports |
| 18 |  Venum |
202,277 | 7.3% | Martial art | Sports |
| 19 |  Strikeforce (mixed martial arts) |
195,341 | 4.0% | Martial art | Sports |
| 20 |  Ronda Rousey |
184,163 | 2.4% | Martial art | Sports |
| 21 |  Devon Larratt |
184,041 | 5.1% | Martial art | Sports |
| 22 |  Marco Pantani |
167,090 | 69.5% | Martial art | Sports |
| 23 |  Joe Rogan |
166,055 | 1.2% | Martial art | Sports |
| 24 |  GLORY Kickboxing |
163,108 | 4.2% | Martial art | Sports |
| 25 |  Professional wrestling throws |
138,488 | 1.9% | Martial art | Sports |
| 26 |  Professional wrestling attacks |
119,948 | 1.1% | Martial art | Sports |
| 27 |  Ricky Hatton |
112,202 | 1.1% | Martial art | Sports |
| 28 |  Giorgio Petrosyan |
101,499 | 70.8% | Martial art | Sports |
| 29 |  Professional wrestling aerial techniques |
98,571 | 1.6% | Martial art | Sports |
| 30 |  Dana White |
96,953 | 1.8% | Martial art | Sports |
| 31 |  Manny Pacquiao |
96,306 | 1.6% | Martial art | Sports |
| 32 |  Oleksandr Ussyk |
92,622 | 3.6% | Martial art | Sports |
| 33 |  Joe Frazier |
86,393 | 4.7% | Martial art | Sports |
| 34 |  Kimbo Slice |
78,627 | 4.4% | Martial art | Sports |
| 35 |  Nate Diaz |
76,508 | 2.9% | Martial art | Sports |
| 36 |  Israel Adesanya |
64,533 | 1.3% | Martial art | Sports |
| 37 |  ANNEM |
64,178 | 1.3% | Martial art | Movies & TV |
| 38 |  International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness |
63,152 | 4.3% | Martial art | Sports |
| 39 |  Ben Askren |
63,109 | 1.3% | Martial art | Sports |
| 40 |  Quinton Jackson |
62,051 | 1.8% | Martial art | Sports |
| 41 |  Fedor Emelianenko |
57,335 | 3.5% | Martial art | Sports |
| 42 |  Lennox Lewis |
56,591 | 3.8% | Martial art | Sports |
| 43 |  Dustin Poirier |
55,160 | 1.3% | Martial art | Sports |
| 44 |  Dorian Yates |
54,613 | 3.7% | Martial art | Sports |
| 45 |  World Karate Federation |
53,902 | 9.4% | Martial art | Sports |
| 46 |  Anderson Silva |
53,852 | 2.1% | Martial art | Sports |
| 47 |  Daniel Cormier |
49,498 | 1.9% | Martial art | Sports |
| 48 |  Top Rank |
49,103 | 3.8% | Martial art | Sports |
| 49 |  Demetrious Johnson (fighter) |
48,174 | 3.0% | Martial art | Sports |
| 50 |  Deontay Wilder |
46,269 | 2.0% | Martial art | Sports |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 50 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each martial art 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 martial art in Italy?
Ultimate Fighting Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 3,485,442 people in Italy.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.