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Top 71 E-sports in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 71 largest e-sports in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Ninja (gamer), OMG (eSports) and FACEIT lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.2M people. Across all 71 entries the average audience size is 59k, and the largest, Ninja (gamer), reaches around 1.2M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each e-sports, 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 71, 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 Virtus.pro 8.9k 20.6 9.8% E-sports
27 Origen 6.9k 28.2 50.9% E-sports
28 MAD Lions 6.3k 30.1 36.0% E-sports
29 Sheepy 6.3k 45.0 100.0% E-sports
30 FlyQuest 6.3k 30.1 36.0% E-sports
31 Esports Nations Cup 6.2k 26.5 43.6% E-sports
32 OpTic Gaming 5.2k 19.7 3.2% E-sports
33 Top Esports 5.1k 30.1 36.0% E-sports
34 League of Legends World Championships 4.7k 27.7 50.8% E-sports
35 ESEA 4k 25.7 10.6% E-sports
36 JD Gaming 3.9k 30.1 36.0% E-sports
37 ELeague 3.8k 30.8 26.4% E-sports
38 DAMWON Gaming 3.2k 30.1 36.1% E-sports
39 World Cyber Games 2.6k 30.6 37.5% E-sports
40 TheGrefg 2.2k 29.9 53.8% E-sports
41 League of Legends Pro League 2.2k 21.8 9.1% E-sports
42 Team Dignitas 1.8k 25.9 31.2% E-sports
43 Mousesports 1.7k 35.9 29.8% E-sports
44 Rainbow7 1.7k 30.1 36.1% E-sports
45 Calfreezy 1.5k 28.4 30.4% E-sports
46 Olympic Esports Games 1.3k 26.1 37.6% E-sports
47 Team Razer 1.1k 22.0 23.5% E-sports
48 Misfits Gaming 955 30.1 36.1% E-sports
49 League of Legends PH 859 23.1 45.2% E-sports
50 LGD Gaming 770 30.1 36.1% E-sports

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 71 list compiled?

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

Ninja (gamer) currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.2M people in Japan.

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