Top 24 Extreme sports in United States
This curated ranking covers the 24 largest extreme sports in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. X Games, Alex Honnold and Felix Baumgartner lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7,805,790 people. Across all 24 entries the average audience size is 379,594, and the largest, X Games, reaches around 6,166,989 people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each extreme sports, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  X Games |
6,166,989 | 59.1% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 2 |  Alex Honnold |
906,173 | 38.4% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 3 |  Felix Baumgartner |
732,628 | 8.1% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 4 |  Wim Hof |
470,347 | 22.6% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 5 |  Red Bull Rampage |
206,340 | 20.0% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 6 |  Jimmy Chin |
145,843 | 59.1% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 7 |  Red Bull Cliff Diving |
133,521 | 23.8% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 8 |  kilian jornet |
117,998 | 7.2% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 9 |  Reinhold Messner |
89,471 | 4.4% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 10 |  Red Bull X-Alps |
39,392 | 18.3% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 11 |  Anton Krupicka |
18,470 | 38.6% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 12 |  Sam Pilgrim |
12,563 | 19.9% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 13 |  Tom Ballard |
12,289 | 14.6% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 14 |  Mike Horn |
11,593 | 2.3% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 15 |  Red Bull X-Fighters |
10,589 | 26.0% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 16 |  David Lama |
9,868 | 6.0% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 17 |  Crashed Ice |
6,451 | 18.7% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 18 |  Brendan Fairclough |
6,339 | 32.5% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 19 |  Joe Tasker |
5,891 | 17.2% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 20 |  Red Bull Air Race World Championship |
4,079 | 2.5% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 21 |  Guillaume Néry |
1,864 | 9.6% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 22 |  Titan Desert |
783 | 4.0% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 23 |  Arjun Vajpai |
434 | 3.0% | Extreme sports | Sports |
| 24 |  Edgar Torronteras |
342 | 1.7% | Extreme sports | Sports |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 24 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each extreme sports 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 extreme sports in United States?
X Games currently leads with an estimated audience of 6,166,989 people in United States.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across United States. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.