Rascasse Audience Intelligence

College football Fan Demographics in United States

College football has an estimated audience of 48.6M people in United States.

#7among Sport in United States
#304among topics in United States
#23in Sports

The average College football fan in United States is 37.5 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Texas.

By number of fans, College football ranks #7 among the 803 objects in Sport in United States — 3.8× the group median.

Its fans are 1.0 years younger than the group average of 38.5.

Women make up 44.0% of the fan base, 2.3 percentage points more than the group average.

Interest is seasonal: September, November and December account for 62% of the year's searches, May is the quietest month.

Most fans live in Texas, California, Georgia.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
48.6M
in United States
Gender
44.0%♀
56.0% male
Age
37.5
average years
Country rank
#422
among all objects in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+3%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of College football fans

44.0% are female, 56.0% are male, average age 37.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

44.0%
Female
56.0%
Male
Demographic split for College football audience in United States
MetricValue
Female44.0%
Male56.0%
Average age37.5
Estimated audience size48.6M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.5
average years
Age distribution of the College football audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-2427%
25-3420%
35-4418%
45-5418%
55+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

85.9%

of the worldwide College football audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for College football
CountryShare
United States85.9%
Japan1.6%
China0.8%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United States average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

College football fans by region: top regions in United States
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Alabama~2M2.47×
02Georgia~3M1.89×
03Tennessee~2M1.73×
04Mississippi~700K1.69×
05South Carolina~1.5M1.66×
06Nebraska~500K1.61×
07Oklahoma~900K1.60×
08Ohio~2.5M1.49×
09Utah~700K1.45×
10Idaho~400K1.34×
11Indiana~1.5M1.31×
12Louisiana~800K1.24×
13Iowa~600K1.22×
14Michigan~2M1.20×
15Texas~4M1.19×
16Arkansas~500K1.17×
17West Virginia~300K1.14×
18Kentucky~700K1.10×
19Oregon~700K1.09×
20North Carolina~1.5M1.04×
21Wyoming~90K1.03×
22Kansas~400K0.99×
23Florida~3M0.98×
24Colorado~800K0.94×
25Montana~100K0.92×
26South Dakota~100K0.92×
27Missouri~800K0.91×
28Pennsylvania~1.5M0.87×
29Virginia~1M0.84×
30New Mexico~300K0.84×
31North Dakota~90K0.82×
32Hawaii~200K0.81×
33Arizona~900K0.78×
34Illinois~1.5M0.73×
35Washington~800K0.71×
36Nevada~300K0.69×
37Washington, District of Columbia~70K0.68×
38Delaware~100K0.67×
39Wisconsin~600K0.65×
40Minnesota~500K0.65×
41Alaska~70K0.64×
42Maryland~600K0.62×
43Maine~100K0.57×
44California~3M0.55×
45Massachusetts~600K0.54×
46Connecticut~300K0.54×
47New Hampshire~100K0.54×
48Rhode Island~80K0.52×
49New Jersey~700K0.50×
50New York~1.5M0.44×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — College football, United States
0.44×1.00×2.47×
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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in United States with measurable interest in College football over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several topics count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
10/2025 – 09/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q3/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q3/2026, rascasse.com/explore/us/college-football-64478” · Methodology