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
76 Diving 272k 41.5 51.9% Sport
77 Road cycling 263k 40.5 32.2% Sport
78 Backcountry skiing 261k 35.9 54.3% Sport
79 Indoor soccer 260k 41.9 34.5% Sport
80 Kitesurfing 259k 43.8 37.5% Sport
81 Wakesurfing 256k 37.9 48.5% Sport
82 Water polo 244k 46.8 29.6% Sport
83 Chess 243k 39.7 44.0% Sport
84 Freediving 235k 41.6 50.7% Sport
85 Cricket 233k 38.1 35.9% Sport
86 Beach volleyball 228k 38.4 48.3% Sport
87 Acrobatics 228k 41.8 58.3% Sport
88 Parachuting 209k 43.6 40.5% Sport
89 Kart racing 209k 42.6 20.4% Sport
90 Roller skating 208k 43.1 35.0% Sport
91 Angling 206k 48.0 30.5% Sport
92 Iyengar Yoga 205k 43.6 75.1% Sport
93 Paragliding 203k 47.2 47.0% Sport
94 Kickboxing 200k 39.0 25.9% Sport
95 Taekwondo 191k 36.1 25.4% Sport
96 Five-a-side football 185k 41.0 48.9% Sport
97 Ice skating 182k 37.2 39.1% Sport
98 Indoor cycling 181k 42.5 44.5% Sport
99 Street workout 180k 41.5 49.2% Sport
100 Freestyle skiing 172k 38.3 47.2% 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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