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Top 18 Ligue 1 teams in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 18 largest ligue 1 teams in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Paris Saint-Germain, Le Havre AC and Olympique Lyonnais lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.4M people. Across all 18 entries the average audience size is 180k, and the largest, Paris Saint-Germain, reaches around 2.1M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each ligue 1 team, 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 18, 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
1 Paris Saint-Germain 2.1M 27.7 24.6% Soccer
2 Le Havre AC 233k 24.1 22.0% Soccer
3 Olympique Lyonnais 149k 25.6 25.1% Soccer
4 RC Lens 147k 42.1 39.6% Soccer
5 AJ Auxerre 137k 32.5 39.2% Soccer
6 Olympique de Marseille 130k 26.1 22.2% Soccer
7 Toulouse FC 70k 29.5 58.9% Soccer
8 AS Monaco FC 58k 28.4 40.2% Soccer
9 OGC Nice 55k 25.0 29.0% Soccer
10 FC Nantes 47k 27.8 38.5% Soccer
11 Stade de Reims 38k 25.3 38.6% Soccer
12 Paris FC 33k 26.6 13.1% Soccer
13 Stade Rennais F.C. 28k 19.9 17.1% Soccer
14 RC Strasbourg Alsace 18k 34.0 49.9% Soccer
15 Stade Brestois 29 14k 34.0 50.2% Soccer
16 FC Lorient 9.4k 28.9 36.5% Soccer
17 Angers SCO 7.3k 30.2 39.9% Soccer
18 Lille OSC 2.9k 22.5 18.6% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 18 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each ligue 1 team 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 ligue 1 team in Japan?

Paris Saint-Germain currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.1M people in Japan.

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