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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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
51 Surfing 206k 45.8 48.7% Sport
52 Rallying 201k 39.4 17.3% Sport
53 Aerobics 198k 39.3 59.0% Sport
54 Bouldering 195k 40.1 53.7% Sport
55 5K run 194k 40.6 56.4% Sport
56 Boxing 193k 38.1 22.4% Sport
57 Half marathon 193k 42.2 57.2% Sport
58 Motocross 191k 41.6 20.2% Sport
59 Marathons 183k 43.5 52.7% Sport
60 Rafting 180k 44.8 66.1% Sport
61 Wrestling 179k 35.5 19.1% Sport
62 Cricket 179k 37.1 38.7% Sport
63 Table tennis 178k 36.6 49.1% Sport
64 Rugby union 178k 38.6 39.9% Sport
65 Downhill mountain biking 177k 41.9 33.6% Sport
66 Bandy 176k 42.3 55.6% Sport
67 Mountaineering 176k 44.1 60.0% Sport
68 Chess 164k 40.2 39.4% Sport
69 Electronic sports 162k 36.8 25.6% Sport
70 Tractor pulling 153k 48.5 6.8% Sport
71 Speed skating 150k 42.5 53.5% Sport
72 Ice fishing 150k 49.7 43.2% Sport
73 Triathlons 150k 42.5 49.0% Sport
74 Ice skating 145k 39.4 49.6% Sport
75 Road cycling 144k 42.1 40.5% 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 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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