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
26 Combat sport 721k 38.5 25.1% Sport
27 Freestyle Motocross 715k 37.1 30.7% Sport
28 Handball 660k 41.6 33.7% Sport
29 Wrestling 648k 38.7 26.6% Sport
30 Cycle sport 632k 40.3 30.4% Sport
31 Bicycle touring 620k 41.0 34.0% Sport
32 Hunting 614k 47.7 44.9% Sport
33 Windsurfing 546k 42.4 38.3% Sport
34 Skateboarding 541k 37.4 44.0% Sport
35 Jogging 527k 41.5 45.7% Sport
36 Standup paddleboarding 511k 41.4 40.4% Sport
37 Spearfishing 503k 47.8 28.8% Sport
38 Rugby union 494k 39.4 39.2% Sport
39 Surfing 479k 45.6 52.4% Sport
40 Pilates 474k 43.0 68.7% Sport
41 Horseback riding 466k 45.6 50.6% Sport
42 Judo 461k 37.2 29.1% Sport
43 Table tennis 454k 41.8 29.1% Sport
44 Alpine skiing 451k 37.6 40.5% Sport
45 Boxing 423k 39.3 29.5% Sport
46 Snowboarding 412k 42.6 41.9% Sport
47 Natural bodybuilding 408k 37.6 40.1% Sport
48 Women's soccer 407k 42.8 32.3% Sport
49 Freestyle swimming 391k 47.1 77.0% Sport
50 Electronic sports 382k 34.3 22.9% 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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