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Top 100 Sports in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 438 sports tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Golf, Baseball and Soccer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 865k, and the largest, Golf, reaches around 5.8M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each sport, 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 Golf 5.8M 34.8 42.9% Sport
2 Baseball 4M 32.1 41.6% Sport
3 Soccer 3.7M 30.7 38.5% Sport
4 Swimming 2.9M 32.5 44.3% Sport
5 Volleyball 2.9M 32.9 41.6% Sport
6 Basketball 2.9M 30.6 30.4% Sport
7 Tennis 2.4M 35.2 47.8% Sport
8 Skiing 2.2M 34.6 47.6% Sport
9 American football 2.1M 32.2 38.9% Sport
10 Yoga 2M 33.1 58.5% Sport
11 Hip-hop dance 2M 29.2 60.8% Sport
12 Alpine skiing 1.8M 34.8 53.7% Sport
13 Mountain biking 1.6M 35.5 43.3% Sport
14 Fishing 1.6M 35.4 33.2% Sport
15 Bodybuilding 1.3M 32.7 43.8% Sport
16 Pilates 1.3M 33.1 60.9% Sport
17 Snowboarding 1.2M 34.0 44.0% Sport
18 Western riding 1.2M 34.1 51.6% Sport
19 Road running 1.1M Sport
20 Gymnastics 1.1M 32.0 37.8% Sport
21 Table tennis 1.1M 34.7 34.2% Sport
22 Martial arts 1.1M 32.8 24.3% Sport
23 Combat sport 1M 33.2 18.7% Sport
24 Mixed martial arts 1M 34.1 16.1% Sport
25 Yin yoga 1M 36.0 65.6% Sport

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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 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 South Korea?

Golf currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.8M people in South Korea.

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