Popularity ranking · Portugal

The 100 most popular Sports in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 443 sports tracked in Portugal, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Basketball and Swimming lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 638k, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 5.7M people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each sport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Portugal 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 Portugal who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Portugal. 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 Portugal, 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 Portugal. 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 5.7M 44.8 47.8% Sport
2 Basketball 2.9M 42.2 42.8% Sport
3 Swimming 2.2M 46.7 54.9% Sport
4 Golf 2.2M 45.7 45.3% Sport
5 Motorcycle sport 1.9M 40.7 29.7% Sport
6 Volleyball 1.9M 42.3 41.9% Sport
7 Yoga 1.6M 45.8 65.5% Sport
8 American football 1.6M 41.3 39.5% Sport
9 Baseball 1.4M 41.4 45.3% Sport
10 Tennis 1.3M 44.1 45.7% Sport
11 Gymnastics 1.2M 41.6 56.6% Sport
12 Fishing 1.1M 47.2 38.7% Sport
13 Cycling 1.1M 42.0 36.6% Sport
14 Martial arts 1.1M 41.7 31.0% Sport
15 Track and field 1.1M 41.4 52.0% Sport
16 CrossFit 1M 42.8 53.3% Sport
17 Walking 982k 45.8 58.0% Sport
18 Bodybuilding 951k 45.1 54.6% Sport
19 Extreme sport 924k 41.1 30.4% Sport
20 Mixed martial arts 849k 41.4 18.2% Sport
21 Skiing 849k 42.7 42.4% Sport
22 Rallying 837k 43.2 23.4% Sport
23 Motocross 822k 39.2 29.4% Sport
24 Mountain biking 819k 42.5 38.4% Sport
25 Road running 784k 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 Portugal 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 Portugal?

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.7M people in Portugal.

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