Top 50 Handballs in Japan
This curated ranking covers the 50 largest handballs in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 129 handballs tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. IHF World Women's Handball Championship, IHF World Men's Handball Championship and Tito Ortiz lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 146,651 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 3,966, and the largest, IHF World Women's Handball Championship, reaches around 69,297 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each handball, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  IHF World Women's Handball Championship |
69,297 | 7.3% | Handball | Sports |
| 2 |  IHF World Men's Handball Championship |
62,918 | 0.3% | Handball | Sports |
| 3 |  Tito Ortiz |
14,436 | 1.3% | Handball | Politics & Society |
| 4 |  Handball-Bundesliga |
8,533 | 0.3% | Handball | Sports |
| 5 |  Bruiser Brody |
4,106 | 1.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 6 |  Beth Phoenix |
3,396 | 0.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 7 |  European Handball Federation |
2,901 | 1.0% | Handball | Sports |
| 8 |  European Men's Handball Championship |
2,546 | 2.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 9 |  PSG Handball |
2,384 | 0.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 10 |  William Regal |
2,201 | 0.8% | Handball | Sports |
| 11 |  EHF Champions League |
1,931 | 0.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 12 |  SC Magdeburg |
1,497 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 13 |  RK Vardar |
1,306 | 2.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 14 |  Brad Maddox |
1,236 | 0.7% | Handball | Sports |
| 15 |  Rhein-Neckar Löwen |
1,168 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 16 |  Road Dogg |
1,146 | 1.0% | Handball | Sports |
| 17 |  Denmark national handball team |
1,048 | 1.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 18 |  IIHF World U20 Championship |
1,030 | 0.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 19 |  HBC Nantes |
1,012 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 20 |  Juri Knorr |
882 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 21 |  THW Kiel |
848 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 22 |  Justin Gabriel |
828 | 0.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 23 |  Muhammed Lawal |
759 | 1.6% | Handball | Sports |
| 24 |  Prince Devitt |
715 | 1.4% | Handball | Sports |
| 25 |  SG Flensburg-Handewitt |
688 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 26 |  Greg Valentine |
587 | 0.3% | Handball | Sports |
| 27 |  Aalborg Håndbold |
536 | 0.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 28 |  MT Melsungen |
522 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 29 |  El Generico |
489 | 0.9% | Handball | Sports |
| 30 |  Montpellier Handball |
455 | 0.3% | Handball | Sports |
| 31 |  Uwe Gensheimer |
445 | 0.5% | Handball | Sports |
| 32 |  FRISCH AUF! Göppingen |
437 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 33 |  Frisch Auf Göppingen |
401 | 1.0% | Handball | Sports |
| 34 |  Andreas Palicka |
400 | 0.8% | Handball | Sports |
| 35 |  VfL Gummersbach |
392 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 36 |  nikola karabatic |
392 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 37 |  HC Erlangen |
388 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 38 |  SC DHfK Leipzig |
352 | 0.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 39 |  Nikola Karabatić |
347 | 0.7% | Handball | Sports |
| 40 |  TSV Hannover-Burgdorf |
346 | 0.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 41 |  Andreas Wolff |
342 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 42 |  Johannes Golla |
326 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 43 |  Stefan Kretzschmar |
323 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 44 |  Liga ASOBAL |
312 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 45 |  TBV Lemgo |
309 | 0.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 46 |  HSG Wetzlar |
306 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 47 |  Rune Dahmke |
299 | 0.2% | Handball | Sports |
| 48 |  Michael Kraus (handballer) |
275 | 0.4% | Handball | Sports |
| 49 |  Julian Köster |
271 | 0.1% | Handball | Sports |
| 50 |  Bergischer HC |
268 | 0.3% | Handball | Sports |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 50 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each handball 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 handball in Japan?
IHF World Women's Handball Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 69,297 people in Japan.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.