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Top 18 Ligue 2 teams in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 18 largest ligue 2 teams in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. FC Nantes, FC Metz and Montpellier HSC lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 76k people. Across all 18 entries the average audience size is 5.4k, and the largest, FC Nantes, reaches around 47k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each ligue 2 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 FC Nantes 47k 27.8 38.5% Soccer
2 FC Metz 24k 29.0 66.8% Soccer
3 Montpellier HSC 5.3k 28.6 59.5% Soccer
4 AS Saint-Étienne 3.1k 35.5 25.4% Soccer
5 Pau FC 3.1k 29.5 54.6% Soccer
6 USL Dunkerque 2.1k 30.3 47.5% Soccer
7 FC Annecy 2.1k 31.4 53.2% Soccer
8 Amiens SC 2.1k 34.0 50.2% Soccer
9 AC Ajaccio 1.4k 29.8 30.0% Soccer
10 Stade Malherbe Caen 1.3k 32.5 23.6% Soccer
11 Clermont Foot 1.2k 29.1 9.8% Soccer
12 Grenoble Foot 38 809 33.0 53.1% Soccer
13 FC Martigues 768 29.5 54.6% Soccer
14 Rodez AF 584 29.5 54.6% Soccer
15 Red Star Paris 509 35.6 64.9% Soccer
16 EA Guingamp 428 29.3 30.0% Soccer
17 Sporting Club de Bastia 373 30.1 49.2% Soccer
18 Stade Laval 368 29.2 28.1% 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 2 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 2 team in Japan?

FC Nantes currently leads with an estimated audience of 47k people in Japan.

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