Rascasse Audience Intelligence

college sports Audience in United States

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about college sports in United States — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. college sports has an estimated audience of 6,953,310 people in United States.

college sports has an estimated audience of 6,953,310 people in United States. 36.6% are female, 63.4% are male, average age 41.4. Top brand affinities: Work From Home, CBS Sports, Target Corporation, FIFA World Cup, Planet Fitness.

Top brand affinities include Work From Home, CBS Sports, Target Corporation, with strongest over-indexing on Work From Home (24.42× the country average).

Demographically, the college sports audience skews more male with an average age of 41.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Indulgence.

The typical college sports fan in United States is more male, around 41.4 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Work From Home.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the college sports profile in United States.

Audience size
7M
in United States
Gender
36.6%
63.4% male
Age
41.4
average years
Country rank
#5049
Topic in United States
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+0%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of college sports fans

36.6% are female, 63.4% are male, average age 41.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

36.6%
Female
63.4%
Male
Demographic split for college sports audience in United States
MetricValue
Female36.6%
Male63.4%
Average age41.4
Estimated audience size6,953,310
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 41.4
average years
Age distribution of the college sports audience in United States
Age bracketShare%
16-1915%
20-2918%
30-3920%
40-4923%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

69.3%

of the worldwide college sports audience comes from United States.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for college sports
CountryShare
United States69.3%
India16.4%
United Kingdom2.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the college sports audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for college sports audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Work From HomeBusiness & Career24.42×
02Atalanta B.C.Sports20.00×
03BB creamBeauty & Wellness4.61×
04HudlSports4.40×
05New York MetsSports3.99×
06Fox SportsMovies & TV3.87×
07Atlanta BravesSports3.42×
08CBS SportsMovies & TV3.34×
09Aaron RodgersSports3.30×
10Masters TournamentSports2.67×
11PGA TourSports2.52×
12New York YankeesSports2.38×
13Golf ChannelSports2.35×
14Buffalo BillsSports2.31×
15Mixed martial artsSports2.00×
16Target CorporationShopping1.98×
17Planet FitnessSports1.90×
18Capital OneBusiness & Career1.87×
19MSNNews1.86×
20FIFA World CupSports1.85×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the college sports audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by college sports audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM2.34×
IndulgenceJOY1.99×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.57×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by college sports audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.70×
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.77×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.78×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United States who actively search for college sports. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across United States. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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