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
26 CrossFit 974k 41.7 53.5% Sport
27 Motorcycle sport 911k 38.7 28.3% Sport
28 Jogging 837k 40.5 51.9% Sport
29 Ice skating 833k 42.5 57.0% Sport
30 Motorcycle trials 797k 45.1 63.2% Sport
31 Bodybuilding 786k 40.8 50.4% Sport
32 Snowboarding 786k 41.8 49.2% Sport
33 Backcountry skiing 771k 38.3 48.2% Sport
34 Wrestling 755k 35.9 21.6% Sport
35 Boxing 736k 38.3 28.8% Sport
36 Judo 727k 37.4 24.6% Sport
37 Windsurfing 727k 41.5 47.7% Sport
38 Darts 705k 40.1 32.7% Sport
39 Rugby union 676k 39.2 42.4% Sport
40 Hunting 652k 45.9 45.0% Sport
41 Cross-country cycling 648k 40.4 37.4% Sport
42 Wakeboarding 621k 40.1 48.7% Sport
43 Long-distance running 599k 38.9 45.4% Sport
44 Horseback riding 599k 43.4 61.8% Sport
45 Rallying 595k 40.9 22.5% Sport
46 Natural bodybuilding 589k 35.5 35.2% Sport
47 Electronic sports 584k 38.2 26.4% Sport
48 Badminton 580k 39.9 38.9% Sport
49 Aerobics 577k 40.0 59.1% Sport
50 Road cycling 568k 41.3 44.0% 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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