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
51 Table tennis 479k 39.3 29.5% Sport
52 Tractor pulling 469k 49.4 26.5% Sport
53 Cross-country skiing 451k 43.8 51.4% Sport
54 Handball 444k 40.1 45.9% Sport
55 Motocross 442k 42.9 24.1% Sport
56 Wrestling 433k 36.1 22.9% Sport
57 Boxing 420k 38.1 26.2% Sport
58 Biathlon 417k 49.2 54.6% Sport
59 Electronic sports 403k 37.6 25.9% Sport
60 5K run 401k 42.4 49.8% Sport
61 Rugby union 390k 41.0 49.2% Sport
62 Half marathon 383k 43.7 50.5% Sport
63 Paddleboarding 378k 44.0 51.6% Sport
64 Cricket 377k 39.2 43.1% Sport
65 Marathons 373k 43.8 50.2% Sport
66 Cross-country cycling 368k 45.0 33.4% Sport
67 Surfing 365k 45.0 51.7% Sport
68 Wakesurfing 360k 43.9 56.3% Sport
69 Middle-distance running 357k 41.0 49.3% Sport
70 Mountaineering 352k 45.8 57.3% Sport
71 Downhill mountain biking 347k 43.4 31.7% Sport
72 Bandy 340k 43.2 39.7% Sport
73 Paragliding 335k 44.2 40.4% Sport
74 Aerobics 328k 39.3 52.1% Sport
75 Freestyle swimming 321k 43.0 52.8% 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 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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