Popularity ranking · Netherlands

The 100 most popular Sports in Netherlands

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Netherlands, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 448 sports tracked in Netherlands, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Golf and Walking lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 875k, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 6.4M people in Netherlands. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Netherlands who actively engage with each sport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Netherlands and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Netherlands who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Netherlands. 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 Netherlands, 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 Netherlands. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Soccer 6.4M 43.4 46.1% Sport
2 Golf 3.3M 46.0 45.1% Sport
3 Walking 3.2M 49.1 62.7% Sport
4 Basketball 3M 39.4 43.6% Sport
5 Swimming 2.7M 45.3 57.5% Sport
6 American football 2.3M 38.5 40.7% Sport
7 Cycling 2.1M 44.3 48.2% Sport
8 Yoga 2.1M 44.4 67.9% Sport
9 Bicycle touring 1.9M 46.7 52.6% Sport
10 Skiing 1.8M 42.1 52.5% Sport
11 Martial arts 1.6M 40.6 27.7% Sport
12 Tennis 1.6M 43.4 45.5% Sport
13 Volleyball 1.6M 40.4 44.9% Sport
14 Baseball 1.5M 38.7 43.1% Sport
15 Alpine skiing 1.5M 40.7 51.1% Sport
16 Combat sport 1.4M 37.8 25.0% Sport
17 Fishing 1.4M 45.5 40.2% Sport
18 Mixed martial arts 1.3M 40.2 19.9% Sport
19 Cycle sport 1.3M 41.5 44.8% Sport
20 Extreme sport 1.3M 40.2 42.7% Sport
21 Gymnastics 1.3M 38.7 51.0% Sport
22 Mountain biking 1.2M 42.3 47.0% Sport
23 Road running 1.2M Sport
24 Track and field 987k 40.5 44.3% Sport
25 Ice hockey 978k 39.0 46.5% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Netherlands 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 Netherlands?

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.4M people in Netherlands.

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