Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Basketball Audience in Netherlands

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Basketball in Netherlands — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Basketball has an estimated audience of 3,045,786 people in Netherlands.

The average Basketball fan in Netherlands is 39.4 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Zuid-Holland.

The audience is concentrated in Zuid-Holland, North Holland, North Brabant.

Top brand affinities include Schattige Babykleertjes, Babypark, Fenerbahçe S.K., with strongest over-indexing on Schattige Babykleertjes (1.65× the country average).

Demographically, the Basketball audience skews more male with an average age of 39.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Need for Security, Travelling.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 12 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Basketball fan in Netherlands is more male, around 39.4 years old, with strong Need for Security tendencies and a notable affinity for Schattige Babykleertjes.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-12.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Basketball profile in Netherlands.

Audience size
3M
in Netherlands
Gender
43.6%
56.4% male
Age
39.4
average years
Country rank
#279
Topic in Netherlands
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-5%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Basketball fans

43.6% are female, 56.4% are male, average age 39.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

43.6%
Female
56.4%
Male
Demographic split for Basketball audience in Netherlands
MetricValue
Female43.6%
Male56.4%
Average age39.4
Estimated audience size3,045,786
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.4
average years
Age distribution of the Basketball audience in Netherlands
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2920%
30-3920%
40-4921%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Basketball audience comes from Netherlands.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Basketball
CountryShare
United States24.3%
Japan5.1%
Italy4.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Netherlands average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Basketball audience in Netherlands is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Basketball fans by region: top regions in Netherlands
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Zuid-Holland~900K1.28×
02Flevoland~100K1.20×
03North Brabant~500K1.12×
04North Holland~600K1.08×
05Overijssel~200K1.05×
06Gelderland~400K0.98×
07Utrecht~200K0.92×
08Friesland~100K0.91×
09Groningen~90K0.88×
10Drenthe~80K0.88×
11Zeeland~60K0.88×
12Limburg~200K0.85×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Basketball audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Basketball audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Tony ParkerSports2.10×
02Cem YılmazMovies & TV1.71×
03Schattige BabykleertjesShopping1.65×
04Fenerbahçe S.K.Sports1.62×
05FutsalSports1.61×
06BabyparkShopping1.57×
07KorfballSports1.56×
08El ClásicoSports1.56×
09Victor WembanyamaSports1.54×
10San Antonio SpursSports1.54×
11Serenay SarıkayaMovies & TV1.51×
12Arabesque (Turkish music)Music & Radio1.51×
13IpsosBusiness & Career1.51×
14Burak ÖzçivitFashion & Accessoires1.51×
15Arda TuranSports1.51×
16Ottoman Turkish languagePolitics & Society1.51×
17Fahriye EvcenMovies & TV1.51×
18Beren SaatMovies & TV1.51×
19Orhan PamukLiterature1.51×
20Ebru GündeşMusic & Radio1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Basketball audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Basketball audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.09×
TravellingTHRILL1.08×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.06×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Basketball audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.80×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.80×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.81×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Basketball have in Netherlands?

Basketball has an estimated audience of 3,045,786 people in Netherlands, concentrated in Zuid-Holland and North Holland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Basketball fans?

43.6% of Basketball fans are female, 56.4% are male, with an average age of 39.4 years.

03

Which brands do Basketball fans like most?

Basketball fans show strongest brand affinity for Schattige Babykleertjes (1.65×), Babypark (1.57×), and Fenerbahçe S.K. (1.62×) over the country average.

04

Where do Basketball fans live in Netherlands?

Basketball fans in Netherlands are most concentrated in Zuid-Holland (reach ~900K), North Holland (reach ~600K), and North Brabant (reach ~500K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Basketball fans also like?

Beyond Basketball itself, the audience over-indexes on Babypark (1.57×), Fenerbahçe S.K. (1.62×), Futsal (1.61×), and Victor Wembanyama (1.54×) compared to the Netherlands average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Netherlands who actively search for Basketball. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Netherlands. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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