Popularity ranking · Norway

The 100 most popular Sports in Norway

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Norway, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 442 sports tracked in Norway, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Alpine skiing and Golf lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4.2M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 319k, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 1.9M people in Norway. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Norway who actively engage with each sport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Norway 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 Norway who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Norway. 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 Norway, 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 Norway. 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 1.9M 43.7 44.4% Sport
2 Alpine skiing 1.2M 44.3 57.6% Sport
3 Golf 1.1M 46.1 37.6% Sport
4 Skiing 1M 45.3 53.9% Sport
5 Fishing 1M 48.8 44.0% Sport
6 Basketball 960k 39.8 45.4% Sport
7 Swimming 945k 46.6 52.6% Sport
8 Ice hockey 769k 41.5 49.5% Sport
9 Cycling 765k 44.6 45.5% Sport
10 Yoga 692k 46.5 68.6% Sport
11 Volleyball 628k 41.7 48.5% Sport
12 American football 605k 38.4 39.7% Sport
13 Backcountry skiing 600k 42.6 63.1% Sport
14 Road running 581k Sport
15 Walking 531k 49.1 64.5% Sport
16 Baseball 506k 39.6 43.2% Sport
17 Hunting 502k 48.7 44.3% Sport
18 Mountain biking 485k 44.4 48.9% Sport
19 Tennis 443k 42.7 40.9% Sport
20 Extreme sport 421k 41.7 32.1% Sport
21 Wakeboarding 413k 44.7 65.0% Sport
22 Martial arts 390k 40.6 26.0% Sport
23 Gymnastics 389k 39.0 51.3% Sport
24 Jogging 386k 43.5 59.9% Sport
25 Standup paddleboarding 372k 44.1 67.4% 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 Norway 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 Norway?

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.9M people in Norway.

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