Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Basketball in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest basketball in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k basketball tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. NBA, NBA Finals and NBA playoffs lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 172M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 12M, and the largest, NBA, reaches around 93M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each basketball, 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 NBA 93M 35.3 39.3% Basketball
2 NBA Finals 40M 31.7 41.8% Basketball
3 NBA playoffs 39M 31.3 41.8% Basketball
4 Los Angeles Lakers 36M 31.2 38.2% Basketball
5 Golden State Warriors 33M 31.4 41.1% Basketball
6 College basketball 33M 34.3 34.3% Basketball
7 LeBron James 28M 30.6 39.3% Basketball
8 WNBA 27M 36.9 40.0% Basketball
9 Oklahoma City Thunder 24M 29.6 42.3% Basketball
10 Denver Nuggets 24M 34.2 46.7% Basketball
11 Boston Celtics 23M 30.5 37.9% Basketball
12 Chicago Bulls 23M 30.1 38.0% Basketball
13 Miami Heat 22M 30.4 39.9% Basketball
14 San Antonio Spurs 19M 29.6 40.7% Basketball
15 Cleveland Cavaliers 18M 29.6 39.6% Basketball
16 Giannis Antetokounmpo 18M 33.0 26.1% Basketball
17 Milwaukee Bucks 18M 31.8 46.3% Basketball
18 New York Knicks 18M 29.6 42.7% Basketball
19 Houston Rockets 17M 30.0 40.7% Basketball
20 Detroit Pistons 17M 29.9 41.5% Basketball
21 Cooper Flagg 17M 33.4 31.9% Basketball
22 Dallas Mavericks 16M 30.4 41.5% Basketball
23 Victor Wembanyama 16M 33.0 31.5% Basketball
24 UNC Tarheels Basketball 15M Basketball
25 Luka Doncic 15M 34.1 24.3% Basketball

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular basketball compiled?

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

NBA currently leads with an estimated audience of 93M people in United States.

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