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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
76 Denver Nuggets 24M 34.2 46.7% Basketball
77 Tennis 24M 40.4 42.4% Sport
78 UEFA Champions League 24M 32.8 29.6% Soccer
79 Skiing 24M 38.1 44.0% Sport
80 CrossFit 24M 40.0 51.7% Sport
81 Philadelphia Eagles 24M 34.9 39.0% American football
82 NASCAR 24M 41.4 31.2% Motorsport
83 Detroit Lions 24M 38.9 29.0% American football
84 Fox hunting 23M 37.6 38.2%
85 Rodeo 23M 37.5 49.0%
86 Boston Celtics 23M 30.5 37.9% Basketball
87 Extreme sport 23M 38.5 37.6% Sport
88 Chicago Bulls 23M 30.1 38.0% Basketball
89 Masters Tournament 23M 36.5 34.6% Golf
90 Coach (sport) 22M
91 Miami Heat 22M 30.4 39.9% Basketball
92 Winter sport 22M 35.8 40.8%
93 Walking 22M 43.0 60.1% Sport
94 Formula One 22M 35.8 25.4% Motorsport
95 Recreational fishing 22M 37.8 35.3%
96 Hunting 21M 43.6 41.1% Sport
97 Bass fishing 21M 35.9 34.0%
98 Denver Broncos 21M 39.3 28.6% American football
99 Australian Open (golf) 21M 40.6 0.0% Golf
100 Major League Soccer 21M 34.2 43.1% Soccer

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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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