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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
76 Kickboxing 311k 34.1 15.4% Sport
77 Half marathon 300k 35.0 32.1% Sport
78 Futsal 292k 31.2 35.7% Sport
79 Football tennis 292k 32.5 35.5% Sport
80 Squash (sport) 279k 37.8 49.6% Sport
81 Climbing 275k 35.5 50.9% Sport
82 Rugby union 275k 32.0 30.6% Sport
83 Cross country running 272k 36.0 41.9% Sport
84 Figure skating 262k 30.5 48.8% Sport
85 Chess 261k 27.7 30.6% Sport
86 Motocross 254k 36.1 22.8% Sport
87 Angling 252k 36.3 28.4% Sport
88 Artistic gymnastics 249k 31.3 48.4% Sport
89 Ice fishing 229k 36.8 26.8% Sport
90 Pool (cue sports) 227k 30.7 38.8% Sport
91 Waterskiing 220k 35.4 57.1% Sport
92 Paddleboarding 219k 31.8 48.0% Sport
93 Roller skating 214k 32.1 52.1% Sport
94 Beach volleyball 212k 31.6 32.1% Sport
95 Dancesport 207k 32.7 59.3% Sport
96 College football 206k 33.5 48.1% Sport
97 Wakesurfing 196k 34.6 50.7% Sport
98 Ice skating 191k 30.5 39.3% Sport
99 Acrobatics 188k 33.3 70.0% Sport
100 Bouldering 185k 34.4 31.6% 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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