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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
26 Mixed martial arts 37M 39.1 26.8% Sport
27 Real Madrid C.F. 37M 32.5 34.8% Soccer
28 Los Angeles Lakers 36M 31.2 38.2% Basketball
29 Yoga 36M 40.9 63.3% Sport
30 Super Bowl 36M 33.1 44.1% American football
31 NFL Network 36M 33.8 40.6%
32 Sports equipment 35M 39.1 48.4%
33 PGA Tour 35M 36.7 35.9% Golf
34 WWE 35M 38.2 29.2% Wrestling
35 Golf course 34M 43.2 42.0%
36 Track and field 34M 38.0 48.0% Sport
37 Golden State Warriors 33M 31.4 41.1% Basketball
38 Running 33M 39.9 53.1%
39 College basketball 33M 34.3 34.3% Basketball
40 Men's Fitness 31M 37.2 41.0%
41 Golf club 31M 37.6 35.6%
42 Volleyball 30M 36.6 40.6% Sport
43 NHL 30M 37.1 35.7% Ice hockey
44 Combat sport 30M 34.8 24.6% Sport
45 Ice hockey 29M 35.9 40.2% Sport
46 Chicago Bears 29M 36.7 31.1% American football
47 Professional wrestling 29M 37.2 30.5% Martial art
48 Buffalo Bills 28M 37.3 29.1% American football
49 Shedeur Sanders 28M 35.2 39.5% American football
50 New England Patriots 28M 36.8 32.8% American football

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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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