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Top 100 Martial arts in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest martial arts in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 612 martial arts tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship, Professional wrestling and Professional wrestling promotion lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 10M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 150k, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship, reaches around 5.9M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each martial art, 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 100, 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
51 Nick Diaz 13k 41.1 92.9% Martial art
52 Daniel Cormier 13k 20.7 14.0% Martial art
53 Bas Rutten 12k 46.3 9.6% Martial art
54 Wanderlei Silva 12k 28.2 17.3% Martial art
55 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 12k 33.8 41.7% Martial art
56 Gennady Golovkin 11k 30.3 3.5% Martial art
57 Joe Frazier 11k 39.2 56.0% Martial art
58 Chris Eubank 11k 29.4 0.9% Martial art
59 BJJ Heroes 11k 35.9 40.9% Martial art
60 Kimbo Slice 11k 30.1 18.0% Martial art
61 Chael Sonnen 11k 35.4 6.7% Martial art
62 B.J. Penn 11k 34.2 13.8% Martial art
63 Wladimir Klitschko 11k 34.8 45.8% Martial art
64 Miesha Tate 11k 37.5 14.9% Martial art
65 Rodolfo Vieira (BJJ) 10k 37.3 36.0% Martial art
66 Cain Velasquez 10k 31.5 33.2% Martial art
67 Rose Namajunas 10k 37.6 71.5% Martial art
68 Lyoto Machida 9.9k 31.2 17.1% Martial art
69 Amanda Nunes 9.6k 25.0 34.0% Martial art
70 Bujinkan 8.9k 40.9 10.7% Martial art
71 Henry Cejudo 8.6k 30.2 54.8% Martial art
72 Joseph Parker (boxer) 8.4k 33.2 4.1% Martial art
73 Tim Kennedy (fighter) 7.7k 39.9 21.8% Martial art
74 Rickson Gracie 7.4k 35.4 36.8% Martial art
75 Joe Calzaghe 7.3k 32.3 83.6% Martial art

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each martial art 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 martial art in Japan?

Ultimate Fighting Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.9M people in Japan.

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