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
76 Kart racing 399k 40.9 26.9% Sport
77 Snorkeling 390k 43.1 53.1% Sport
78 Ski touring 390k 38.9 49.0% Sport
79 Air sports 375k 44.5 49.1% Sport
80 Dressage 366k 41.9 68.1% Sport
81 Track cycling 364k 41.1 39.7% Sport
82 Cross country running 361k 38.9 48.8% Sport
83 Pilates 358k 40.9 62.2% Sport
84 Middle-distance running 357k 36.0 41.5% Sport
85 Freestyle swimming 341k 38.5 52.7% Sport
86 Wakesurfing 335k 41.4 48.8% Sport
87 Indoor cycling 333k 44.5 37.6% Sport
88 Freediving 324k 41.9 53.0% Sport
89 Show jumping 318k 41.0 67.2% Sport
90 Cross-country skiing 313k 39.3 42.9% Sport
91 Western riding 307k 42.6 63.5% Sport
92 Taekwondo 302k 34.7 24.6% Sport
93 Bowling 302k 38.8 46.4% Sport
94 Beach volleyball 297k 38.7 43.8% Sport
95 Bandy 291k 43.2 54.5% Sport
96 Freestyle Motocross 289k 37.7 20.3% Sport
97 Field hockey 288k 41.6 49.2% Sport
98 Iyengar Yoga 284k 45.3 76.4% Sport
99 Squash (sport) 280k 41.2 42.0% Sport
100 Spearfishing 280k 45.3 28.6% 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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