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Top 100 Events in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest events in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3.1k events tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. FIFA World Cup, MLB and NBA lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 56M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.3M, and the largest, FIFA World Cup, reaches around 25M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each event, 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 Australian Open 2.7M 35.9 40.8% Tennis
27 World Baseball Classic 2.6M 33.3 43.1%
28 Winter Olympic Games 2.6M 36.1 53.1% Winter sports
29 World Series 2.2M 25.8 60.4%
30 Mid-Autumn Festival 2.1M 36.0 62.5%
31 NHL 2M 31.9 39.5% Ice hockey
32 Ligue 1 1.9M 29.3 27.4% Soccer
33 Super Bowl 1.7M 29.4 31.1% American football
34 Grand Slam (tennis) 1.4M 39.8 33.1% Tennis
35 National Rugby League 1.4M 36.6 43.0% Rugby
36 Indian Premier League 1.3M 36.6 53.8% Cricket
37 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1.3M 31.3 52.9% Ski / snowboard
38 Exit (festival) 1.2M 42.2 38.3% Music festival
39 Ninja 1.2M 30.1 37.9%
40 Tết 1.1M 32.2 62.0%
41 NASCAR 1.1M 31.6 39.2% Motorsport
42 World Golf Championships 1M 40.7 35.6% Golf
43 New Japan Pro Wrestling 1M 36.9 31.4%
44 Mnet Asian Music Awards 904k 35.0 77.9% Music festival
45 Lollapalooza 900k 28.8 56.6% Music festival
46 Tokyo Marathon 866k 37.2 62.7% Marathon
47 ACSL 824k 33.2 38.6%
48 Black Friday 779k 38.5 66.8%
49 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 766k 34.5 57.2%
50 Championship Bull Riding 759k 31.4 44.4%

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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 event 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 event in Japan?

FIFA World Cup currently leads with an estimated audience of 25M people in Japan.

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