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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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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
76 Muscle & Fitness 6.4M 36.0 59.7%
77 Premier League 6.4M 30.9 33.3% Soccer
78 FC Barcelona 6.3M 30.4 35.4% Soccer
79 Cycle sport 6.3M 36.8 31.9% Sport
80 Mountain bike 6.3M 37.3 30.1%
81 Bodybuilding & Fitness 6.2M 35.0 54.1%
82 Real Madrid C.F. 6.2M 29.8 30.9% Soccer
83 Judo 6.1M 33.1 36.4% Sport
84 Sports equipment 6.1M 34.8 42.1%
85 Recreational fishing 6M 36.4 31.4%
86 Bass fishing 5.9M 38.4 29.6%
87 Ultimate Fighting Championship 5.9M 32.4 28.3% Martial art
88 Sailing 5.9M 34.0 38.4%
89 Serie A 5.9M 30.6 31.0% Soccer
90 Pilates 5.8M 35.1 73.6% Sport
91 Standup paddleboarding 5.7M 38.6 41.7% Sport
92 Underwater diving 5.6M 38.5 57.7%
93 Bicycle touring 5.6M 37.1 45.5% Sport
94 Skateboard 5.6M 31.8 36.8%
95 Baseball park 5.5M 33.4 38.7%
96 Wakeboarding 5.5M 32.9 51.9% Sport
97 Jazz dance 5.5M 32.3 63.7%
98 Surfboard 5.5M 35.1 44.8%
99 Fishing float 5.4M 38.8 28.1%
100 Rodeo 5.4M 34.4 68.1%

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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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