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Top 100 Sports audiences in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 17k sports audiences tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Hobbies and activities, Sports and Sports and outdoors lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 206M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 12M, and the largest, Hobbies and activities, reaches around 73M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each sports audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan 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 Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Golf course 14M 35.3 40.2%
27 NBA 13M 30.5 40.3% Basketball
28 World Boxing Council 13M 30.2 41.9% Boxing
29 Skiing 13M 37.3 50.6% Sport
30 Alpine skiing 12M 35.2 48.2% Sport
31 American football 12M 32.9 37.8% Sport
32 Tennis 11M 37.6 39.3% Sport
33 Weight training 11M 38.8 52.3%
34 Hip-hop dance 11M 30.1 61.2% Sport
35 NBA Finals 10M 30.8 37.5% Basketball
36 Yoga 10M 39.0 66.4% Sport
37 Street dance 10M 30.4 60.9%
38 Golf cart 10M 36.9 33.1%
39 Winter sport 9.9M 36.6 42.0%
40 Mountain biking 9.7M 37.0 47.1% Sport
41 Outdoor enthusiast 9.4M 38.5 36.2%
42 Fishing 9.4M 40.3 34.8% Sport
43 UEFA Champions League 9.3M 31.1 34.8% Soccer
44 Swimming pool 9.2M 36.1 58.4%
45 Jogging 8.5M 36.3 61.1% Sport
46 Fishing reel 8.2M 38.2 32.6%
47 Dance studio 8.1M 31.3 64.5%
48 Running 7.9M 37.5 47.4%
49 Japan national football team 7.9M 33.2 32.1% Soccer
50 FC Bayern Munich 7.9M 29.2 30.7% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each sports audience 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 sports audience in Japan?

Hobbies and activities currently leads with an estimated audience of 73M people in Japan.

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