Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Marathons in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest marathons in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 142 marathons tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Boston Marathon, New York City Marathon and Chicago Marathon lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 226k, and the largest, Boston Marathon, reaches around 4.2M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each marathon, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are refreshed weekly.

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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 Boston Marathon 4.2M 38.4 53.8% Marathon
2 New York City Marathon 3.3M 34.8 46.2% Marathon
3 Chicago Marathon 3.1M 37.8 53.6% Marathon
4 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series 2.5M 41.2 57.4% Marathon
5 World Marathon Majors 1.3M 36.5 53.9% Marathon
6 Berlin Marathon 1.3M 38.7 53.3% Marathon
7 New York City Half Marathon 831k 41.5 60.1% Marathon
8 Los Angeles Marathon 574k 37.8 44.7% Marathon
9 Chicago Half Marathon 348k 39.4 60.8% Marathon
10 London Marathon 290k 35.7 52.2% Marathon
11 Marine Corps Marathon 286k 39.0 45.3% Marathon
12 Tokyo Marathon 284k 36.8 50.2% Marathon
13 Philadelphia Marathon 274k 37.4 48.8% Marathon
14 Big Sur International Marathon 274k 40.0 47.4% Marathon
15 Flying Pig Marathon 191k 40.3 54.9% Marathon
16 Badwater Ultramarathon 177k 39.8 34.9% Marathon
17 Houston Marathon 170k 39.2 49.1% Marathon
18 San Francisco Marathon 139k 42.4 58.0% Marathon
19 Miami Marathon 135k 43.1 49.2% Marathon
20 Marathon des Sables 130k 39.8 41.3% Marathon
21 Pittsburgh Marathon 127k 43.7 55.6% Marathon
22 Eugene Marathon 119k Marathon
23 Honolulu Marathon 115k 35.7 45.4% Marathon
24 Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon 113k 40.9 59.4% Marathon
25 Paris Marathon 110k 32.6 55.3% Marathon

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular marathons compiled?

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

Boston Marathon currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.2M people in United States.

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