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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
76 Joseph Parker (boxer) 1.4k 38.1 3.3% Martial art
77 Holly Holm 1.4k 39.7 23.1% Martial art
78 Michael Bisping 1.3k 37.9 15.9% Martial art
79 Alistair Overeem 1.3k 36.9 0.0% Martial art
80 Saúl Álvarez 1.3k 35.3 11.4% Martial art
81 Frédéric Vosgröne 1.2k 33.9 15.6% Martial art
82 Jan Błachowicz 1.2k 31.4 2.8% Martial art
83 Dominick Cruz 1.2k 43.2 12.0% Martial art
84 Vitor Belfort 1.1k 32.8 14.9% Martial art
85 T.J. Dillashaw 1.1k 37.1 21.7% Martial art
86 Badr Hari 1.1k 30.8 22.1% Martial art
87 Nick Diaz 1.1k 25.5 0.0% Martial art
88 Katie Taylor 1.1k 42.3 32.5% Martial art
89 Bas Rutten 948 37.3 29.8% Martial art
90 Cub Swanson 946 34.4 12.9% Martial art
91 Wanderlei Silva 944 32.0 18.0% Martial art
92 Lee Haney 913 31.9 48.1% Martial art
93 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 911 35.9 17.9% Martial art
94 Junior dos Santos 908 38.2 7.7% Martial art
95 Brendan Schaub 883 41.7 21.7% Martial art
96 Strikeforce (mixed martial arts) 870 47.6 0.0% Martial art
97 Toy Machine 828 30.5 70.5% Martial art
98 Frederic Vosgröne 824 33.7 16.4% Martial art
99 Lyoto Machida 783 35.6 16.4% Martial art
100 Lennox Lewis 759 23.9 0.0% 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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