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The 100 most popular Martial Arts in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest martial arts in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 747 martial arts tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ultimate Fighting Championship, Professional wrestling and Conor McGregor lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 82M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2M, and the largest, Ultimate Fighting Championship, reaches around 46M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each martial art, 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
26 Ben Askren 1.8M 37.5 20.8% Martial art
27 Khabib Nurmagomedov 1.7M 31.1 15.5% Martial art
28 Israel Adesanya 1.6M 35.4 19.4% Martial art
29 Paige VanZant 1.5M 41.3 6.7% Martial art
30 Oscar De La Hoya 1.4M 40.3 41.9% Martial art
31 Nick Diaz 1.3M 35.1 20.6% Martial art
32 Golden Gloves 1.2M 39.3 40.8% Martial art
33 Ricky Hatton 1.2M 39.0 25.1% Martial art
34 GLORY Kickboxing 1.2M 32.8 13.9% Martial art
35 Deontay Wilder 1M 31.7 16.0% Martial art
36 Top Rank 996k 40.5 11.1% Martial art
37 Daniel Cormier 988k 37.2 14.9% Martial art
38 Professional wrestling holds 970k 38.5 39.0% Martial art
39 Kimbo Slice 919k 31.3 17.5% Martial art
40 Michael Chandler 856k 31.9 18.8% Martial art
41 Oleksandr Ussyk 849k 31.4 22.7% Martial art
42 Petr Yan 822k 35.4 19.4% Martial art
43 Leon Edwards 784k Martial art
44 Anderson Silva 769k 34.9 15.8% Martial art
45 Tony Ferguson 756k 35.2 14.7% Martial art
46 Chuck Liddell 751k 34.3 12.6% Martial art
47 Demetrious Johnson (fighter) 729k 39.2 12.4% Martial art
48 Rose Namajunas 720k 31.7 29.1% Martial art
49 Joe Frazier 671k 41.1 20.9% Martial art
50 Holly Holm 659k 36.6 21.9% Martial art

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular martial arts compiled?

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

Ultimate Fighting Championship currently leads with an estimated audience of 46M people in United States.

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