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
51 Yin yoga 375k 44.7 76.8% Sport
52 Hip-hop dance 373k 37.2 59.4% Sport
53 Shooting sport 366k 39.9 27.4% Sport
54 Cross-country cycling 365k 40.2 30.4% Sport
55 Paddleboarding 363k 41.3 36.1% Sport
56 Squash (sport) 360k 40.7 34.3% Sport
57 5K run 359k 41.5 46.2% Sport
58 Marathons 359k 42.9 45.7% Sport
59 Cross country running 357k 41.7 44.7% Sport
60 Long-distance running 354k 40.4 42.0% Sport
61 Beach soccer 348k 38.8 33.9% Sport
62 Ice hockey 344k 37.9 36.4% Sport
63 Wakeboarding 336k 38.1 39.8% Sport
64 Aerobics 333k 39.0 52.2% Sport
65 Middle-distance running 305k 41.5 43.0% Sport
66 Downhill mountain biking 304k 40.1 33.5% Sport
67 Recreational diving 303k 42.2 34.8% Sport
68 Karate 302k 38.0 28.5% Sport
69 Futsal 300k 39.8 35.8% Sport
70 Grappling 299k 37.1 18.1% Sport
71 Snorkeling 292k 43.4 51.1% Sport
72 Triathlons 291k 42.8 39.7% Sport
73 Pool (cue sports) 289k 37.5 35.5% Sport
74 Half marathon 275k 42.1 43.1% Sport
75 Badminton 273k 34.1 39.8% 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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