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Top 100 Rugbies in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest rugbies in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 143 rugbies tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. National Rugby League, Scarlets and National Rugby League (France) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 45k, and the largest, National Rugby League, reaches around 1.4M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each rugby, 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
26 Exeter Chiefs 24k 40.0 70.8% Rugby
27 Challenge Cup 24k 43.8 18.1% Rugby
28 Top 14 23k 34.1 36.6% Rugby
29 Six Nations Championship 20k 36.1 33.2% Rugby
30 Tonya Harding 17k 34.3 80.5% Rugby
31 Jonny Wilkinson 17k 43.5 32.4% Rugby
32 South Sydney Rabbitohs 16k 35.3 24.7% Rugby
33 Ilona Maher 14k 35.9 42.3% Rugby
34 Dan Carter 12k 38.3 55.0% Rugby
35 Rico Verhoeven 8.4k 29.9 39.7% Rugby
36 Faf de Klerk 8.3k 34.9 43.5% Rugby
37 Sydney Roosters 7k 35.4 21.5% Rugby
38 Sonny Bill Williams 6.2k 35.1 49.9% Rugby
39 Beauden Barrett 6k 34.9 43.5% Rugby
40 Quade Cooper 5.8k 25.4 13.7% Rugby
41 New Zealand national rugby league team 5.8k 38.9 37.9% Rugby
42 Jonah Lomu 5.6k 33.8 76.9% Rugby
43 English Premiership (rugby union) 5.2k 35.4 44.4% Rugby
44 Welsh Rugby Union 5.1k 35.5 32.2% Rugby
45 Owen Farrell 5.1k 41.2 32.1% Rugby
46 Scotland Rugby 4.8k 32.1 25.4% Rugby
47 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 4.7k 38.2 34.5% Rugby
48 Union Bordeaux Bègles 3.9k 47.0 49.5% Rugby
49 Michael Hooper 3.7k 34.9 43.5% Rugby
50 Australia national rugby union team 3.4k 37.9 35.7% Rugby

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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 rugby 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 rugby in Japan?

National Rugby League currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in Japan.

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