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Top 100 Martial arts in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest martial arts in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 562 martial arts tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship, Professional wrestling and ONE Championship lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 28k, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship, reaches around 1.5M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each martial art, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. 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 South Korea, 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 South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Ultimate Fighting Championship 1.5M 33.8 15.3% Martial art
2 Professional wrestling 416k 32.1 19.0% Martial art
3 ONE Championship 151k 32.8 4.9% Martial art
4 Professional wrestling attacks 108k 23.8 36.0% Martial art
5 Conor McGregor 67k 33.2 21.5% Martial art
6 Professional wrestling promotion 58k 34.9 36.5% Martial art
7 International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness 38k 29.7 31.1% Martial art
8 Georges St-Pierre 31k 28.3 12.4% Martial art
9 Systema 25k 34.8 52.3% Martial art
10 Joe Rogan 22k 30.2 50.8% Martial art
11 Anthony Joshua 22k 32.9 37.4% Martial art
12 Adrien Broner 21k 40.6 10.2% Martial art
13 Professional wrestling throws 20k 20.5 84.1% Martial art
14 Oscar De La Hoya 19k 48.6 6.2% Martial art
15 GLORY Kickboxing 18k 30.2 12.2% Martial art
16 Manny Pacquiao 17k 36.6 19.5% Martial art
17 Jon Jones 17k 33.0 8.9% Martial art
18 Khabib Nurmagomedov 16k 34.1 17.9% Martial art
19 George Foreman 16k 49.5 0.0% Martial art
20 World Karate Federation 14k 32.6 25.5% Martial art
21 Ronda Rousey 10k 34.1 21.0% Martial art
22 Tyson Fury 9.6k 35.4 13.3% Martial art
23 Top Rank 8.5k 38.5 33.7% Martial art
24 Venum 8.1k 29.2 45.4% Martial art
25 Dustin Poirier 7.6k 26.0 15.7% Martial art

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea 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 South Korea?

Ultimate Fighting Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in South Korea.

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