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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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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
51 Cain Velasquez 2.5k 36.4 32.0% Martial art
52 Buakaw Banchamek 2.4k 29.9 41.7% Martial art
53 Henry Cejudo 2.2k 37.9 16.5% Martial art
54 Professional wrestling holds 2.2k 22.4 100.0% Martial art
55 Urs Fischer 2k 31.4 20.4% Martial art
56 David Haye 1.9k 29.4 59.9% Martial art
57 Tony Bellew 1.9k 27.2 76.9% Martial art
58 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 1.9k 34.5 13.4% Martial art
59 MMAFighting.com - The Mixed Martial Arts News Website 1.8k 32.4 22.2% Martial art
60 Roy Jones, Jr. 1.8k 36.8 17.0% Martial art
61 Luke Rockhold 1.8k 36.6 25.6% Martial art
62 Wladimir Klitschko 1.8k 36.5 44.7% Martial art
63 Amanda Nunes 1.7k 37.6 22.0% Martial art
64 Tim Kennedy (fighter) 1.7k 44.3 21.9% Martial art
65 B.J. Penn 1.7k 25.6 20.8% Martial art
66 Stipe Miocic 1.6k 37.6 15.7% Martial art
67 Tyron Woodley 1.6k 40.5 34.8% Martial art
68 Gennady Golovkin 1.6k 29.9 15.4% Martial art
69 Chris Eubank 1.6k 33.4 0.9% Martial art
70 Rodolfo Vieira (BJJ) 1.6k 29.6 16.3% Martial art
71 Kimbo Slice 1.6k 34.4 20.9% Martial art
72 Rose Namajunas 1.5k 35.1 29.5% Martial art
73 World Taekwondo Championships 1.4k 30.9 22.6% Martial art
74 BJJ Heroes 1.4k 34.0 17.9% Martial art
75 Rocky Marciano 1.4k 34.6 51.7% 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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