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Top 100 Sports in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 508 sports tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Basketball and Golf lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 64M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.8M, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 31M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each sport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy 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 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 Soccer 31M 42.3 44.6% Sport
2 Basketball 19M 39.9 40.7% Sport
3 Golf 14M 44.0 40.7% Sport
4 Volleyball 13M 41.3 42.3% Sport
5 Swimming 12M 43.7 47.7% Sport
6 American football 11M 39.4 37.0% Sport
7 Yoga 9.3M 44.3 62.2% Sport
8 Gymnastics 9.2M 40.3 55.7% Sport
9 Tennis 9M 42.6 41.6% Sport
10 Motorcycle sport 8.8M 38.5 27.6% Sport
11 Skiing 7.7M 41.4 43.3% Sport
12 Cycling 7.5M 41.6 38.8% Sport
13 Martial arts 7.3M 40.6 34.7% Sport
14 Baseball 6.9M 37.7 41.6% Sport
15 Alpine skiing 6.4M 40.6 42.2% Sport
16 Extreme sport 6.1M 39.5 30.0% Sport
17 Fishing 6M 44.6 35.9% Sport
18 Walking 5.6M 46.2 53.4% Sport
19 Bicycle touring 5.5M 45.2 30.9% Sport
20 Track and field 5.5M 39.1 42.3% Sport
21 Mountain biking 5.5M 41.8 39.6% Sport
22 CrossFit 5.1M 41.8 49.2% Sport
23 Combat sport 4.7M 36.2 23.8% Sport
24 Cycle sport 4.5M 40.5 37.7% Sport
25 Bodybuilding 4.5M 41.8 45.0% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy 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 Italy?

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 31M people in Italy.

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