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Top 20 Premier League teams in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 20 largest premier league teams in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Manchester United F.C., Manchester City F.C. and Newcastle United F.C. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.9M people. Across all 20 entries the average audience size is 518k, and the largest, Manchester United F.C., reaches around 4.9M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each premier league team, 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 20, 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 Manchester United F.C. 4.9M 29.9 29.2% Soccer
2 Manchester City F.C. 3.5M 29.5 28.3% Soccer
3 Newcastle United F.C. 483k 26.1 27.3% Soccer
4 Aston Villa F.C. 331k 27.5 31.0% Soccer
5 Crystal Palace F.C. 215k 26.9 22.1% Soccer
6 Liverpool F.C. 144k 30.2 30.6% Soccer
7 Fulham F.C. 139k 30.8 29.3% Soccer
8 Nottingham Forest 137k 42.4 76.6% Soccer
9 Arsenal F.C. 124k 29.8 30.7% Soccer
10 Chelsea F.C. 106k 29.5 29.1% Soccer
11 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 93k 39.8 21.9% Soccer
12 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 82k 29.3 30.0% Soccer
13 AFC Bournemouth 70k 23.3 21.4% Soccer
14 Everton F.C. 16k 28.3 32.5% Soccer
15 Burnley Football Club 11k 30.4 40.5% Soccer
16 West Ham United F.C. 9.2k 26.6 19.8% Soccer
17 Sheffield United F.C. 9k 37.6 64.7% Soccer
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 7k 26.4 24.3% Soccer
19 Blackpool F.C. 6k 41.2 60.1% Soccer
20 Leeds United FC 3.8k 19.8 0.0% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 20 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each premier league 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 premier league team in Japan?

Manchester United F.C. currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.9M people in Japan.

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