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Top 100 Sports in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 443 sports tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Golf, Baseball and Basketball lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 67M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 5.5M, and the largest, Golf, reaches around 25M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each sport, 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 Ice fishing 3.4M 37.4 27.6% Sport
52 Boxing 3.4M 32.6 30.3% Sport
53 Freediving 3.3M 39.2 56.8% Sport
54 Surfing 3.2M 39.5 45.3% Sport
55 Natural bodybuilding 3.2M 32.6 43.3% Sport
56 Street workout 3.2M 37.2 81.2% Sport
57 B-boying 3.1M 30.8 57.3% Sport
58 Badminton 3M 31.9 31.8% Sport
59 Bouldering 3M 38.5 39.5% Sport
60 Triathlons 3M 36.8 39.1% Sport
61 Electronic sports 2.9M 30.1 37.9% Sport
62 5K run 2.9M 35.5 48.0% Sport
63 Karate 2.9M 32.9 35.5% Sport
64 Figure skating 2.8M 35.5 64.5% Sport
65 Motocross 2.8M 36.4 24.6% Sport
66 Road running 2.7M Sport
67 Road cycling 2.7M 36.8 31.0% Sport
68 Paddleboarding 2.7M 36.9 39.9% Sport
69 Ice hockey 2.7M 31.3 40.8% Sport
70 Ice skating 2.6M 35.4 58.6% Sport
71 Freestyle skiing 2.6M 32.5 51.8% Sport
72 Ski touring 2.5M 32.5 50.8% Sport
73 Shooting sport 2.5M 39.2 41.7% Sport
74 CrossFit 2.5M 33.6 48.1% Sport
75 Grappling 2.5M 32.8 25.2% Sport

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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 sport 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 sport in Japan?

Golf currently leads with an estimated audience of 25M people in Japan.

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