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The 100 most popular Sports audiences in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 29k sports audiences tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. FIFA World Cup 2026, NFL and Basketball lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 425M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 37M, and the largest, FIFA World Cup 2026, reaches around 171M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each sports audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States 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 United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United States. 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 United States, 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 United States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 FIFA World Cup 2026 171M 36.5 34.7% Soccer
2 NFL 155M 36.2 45.1% American football
3 Basketball 99M 38.3 43.0% Sport
4 NBA 93M 35.3 39.3% Basketball
5 American football 88M 37.3 44.6% Sport
6 Soccer 85M 38.4 45.5% Sport
7 Baseball 83M 37.9 44.7% Sport
8 FIFA World Cup 80M 36.7 32.4% Soccer
9 Golf 73M 42.0 42.9% Sport
10 Training 67M 41.0 50.2%
11 MLB 64M 35.9 40.6% Baseball
12 Planet Fitness 62M 35.8 57.9%
13 Team sport 57M
14 College football 49M 36.8 44.0% Sport
15 Strength training 48M 40.0 48.7%
16 Ultimate Fighting Championship 46M 35.6 25.3% Martial art
17 Rugby league 44M 36.7 43.4%
18 Weight training 43M 40.5 50.1%
19 Martial arts 41M 38.8 34.4% Sport
20 Outdoor enthusiast 40M 42.9 44.0%
21 NBA Finals 40M 31.7 41.8% Basketball
22 Swimming pool 39M 43.3 57.8%
23 Fishing 39M 42.8 41.3% Sport
24 Swimming 39M 42.9 52.3% Sport
25 NBA playoffs 39M 31.3 41.8% Basketball

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular sports audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each sports audience 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 sports audience in United States?

FIFA World Cup 2026 currently leads with an estimated audience of 171M people in United States.

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