Popularity ranking · Sweden

The 100 most popular Sports in Sweden

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in Sweden, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 441 sports tracked in Sweden, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Soccer, Golf and Ice hockey lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 659k, and the largest, Soccer, reaches around 3.3M people in Sweden. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Sweden who actively engage with each sport, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Sweden 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 Sweden who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Sweden. 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 Sweden, 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 Sweden. 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 3.3M 43.3 44.7% Sport
2 Golf 3.1M 47.3 44.8% Sport
3 Ice hockey 2.6M 42.9 50.4% Sport
4 Alpine skiing 1.9M 44.3 55.6% Sport
5 Swimming 1.9M 46.1 52.6% Sport
6 Basketball 1.8M 40.7 38.3% Sport
7 Skiing 1.7M 45.1 54.9% Sport
8 Fishing 1.5M 47.4 45.3% Sport
9 Yoga 1.4M 46.5 68.7% Sport
10 Cycling 1.3M 44.8 45.8% Sport
11 American football 1.3M 39.6 39.8% Sport
12 Baseball 1.2M 40.7 43.8% Sport
13 Tennis 1.2M 44.6 45.5% Sport
14 Walking 1.2M 49.0 62.5% Sport
15 Backcountry skiing 1.1M 42.9 53.5% Sport
16 Volleyball 1.1M 42.2 44.8% Sport
17 Road running 990k Sport
18 Mountain biking 945k 45.0 48.3% Sport
19 Martial arts 876k 41.3 25.1% Sport
20 Hunting 852k 48.2 42.1% Sport
21 Gymnastics 823k 40.9 56.9% Sport
22 Track and field 816k 41.8 45.7% Sport
23 Extreme sport 757k 43.0 33.7% Sport
24 Jogging 755k 43.5 54.6% Sport
25 Mixed martial arts 742k 40.5 19.6% 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 Sweden 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 Sweden?

Soccer currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.3M people in Sweden.

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