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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
51 Surfing 530k 33.3 45.8% Sport
52 Freestyle skiing 528k 32.7 50.0% Sport
53 Backcountry skiing 519k 32.5 50.9% Sport
54 Long-distance running 503k 34.6 43.3% Sport
55 Freestyle swimming 494k 26.1 44.5% Sport
56 Taekwondo 488k 31.4 20.7% Sport
57 Road cycling 480k 38.2 34.0% Sport
58 Skateboarding 478k 29.6 47.5% Sport
59 B-boying 470k 26.0 54.7% Sport
60 Boxing 443k 32.1 20.8% Sport
61 Freediving 416k 35.0 54.1% Sport
62 Middle-distance running 405k 35.4 37.8% Sport
63 Cricket 390k 29.6 37.2% Sport
64 Snorkeling 385k 34.9 47.3% Sport
65 Downhill mountain biking 381k 35.9 41.3% Sport
66 Ice hockey 377k 29.7 37.0% Sport
67 Triathlons 373k 34.8 34.4% Sport
68 5K run 356k 35.1 32.1% Sport
69 Grappling 348k 34.3 12.0% Sport
70 Motorcycle trials 341k 34.2 50.0% Sport
71 Karate 340k 33.3 15.3% Sport
72 Isha Yoga 340k 30.5 79.6% Sport
73 Shooting sport 336k 36.6 30.4% Sport
74 Cross-country cycling 327k 39.8 27.2% Sport
75 Bowling 315k 31.2 39.8% 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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