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Top 100 Sports in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 508 sports tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Basketball, American football and Soccer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 272M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 17M, and the largest, Basketball, reaches around 99M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each sport, 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 Basketball 99M 38.3 43.0% Sport
2 American football 88M 37.3 44.6% Sport
3 Soccer 85M 38.4 45.5% Sport
4 Baseball 83M 37.9 44.7% Sport
5 Golf 73M 42.0 42.9% Sport
6 College football 49M 36.8 44.0% Sport
7 Martial arts 41M 38.8 34.4% Sport
8 Fishing 39M 42.8 41.3% Sport
9 Swimming 39M 42.9 52.3% Sport
10 Mixed martial arts 37M 39.1 26.8% Sport
11 Yoga 36M 40.9 63.3% Sport
12 Track and field 34M 38.0 48.0% Sport
13 Volleyball 30M 36.6 40.6% Sport
14 Combat sport 30M 34.8 24.6% Sport
15 Ice hockey 29M 35.9 40.2% Sport
16 Wrestling 27M 35.7 24.5% Sport
17 Cycling 25M 40.0 38.4% Sport
18 Gymnastics 25M 36.1 50.9% Sport
19 Shooting sport 24M 38.4 38.4% Sport
20 Tennis 24M 40.4 42.4% Sport
21 Skiing 24M 38.1 44.0% Sport
22 CrossFit 24M 40.0 51.7% Sport
23 Extreme sport 23M 38.5 37.6% Sport
24 Walking 22M 43.0 60.1% Sport
25 Hunting 21M 43.6 41.1% Sport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

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

Basketball currently leads with an estimated audience of 99M people in United States.

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