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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
26 Road running 21M Sport
27 Bodybuilding 19M 39.9 48.4% Sport
28 Alpine skiing 18M 35.3 39.0% Sport
29 Mountain biking 17M 38.1 41.1% Sport
30 Motorcycle sport 17M 36.6 20.5% Sport
31 Boxing 17M 36.6 29.7% Sport
32 Spearfishing 15M 44.5 32.3% Sport
33 Softball 15M 38.4 43.3% Sport
34 Rugby union 15M 35.9 42.8% Sport
35 Grappling 15M 34.1 20.8% Sport
36 Hip-hop dance 14M 33.5 59.4% Sport
37 Cricket 13M 36.6 44.6% Sport
38 Backcountry skiing 13M 34.9 43.1% Sport
39 Natural bodybuilding 13M 33.8 35.2% Sport
40 Skateboarding 13M 32.9 40.6% Sport
41 Horseback riding 13M 41.1 50.0% Sport
42 Jogging 13M 37.4 47.0% Sport
43 Aerobics 13M 39.0 60.9% Sport
44 Motocross 12M 36.9 22.8% Sport
45 Wakeboarding 12M 37.8 40.2% Sport
46 Standup paddleboarding 12M 39.8 45.8% Sport
47 Cheerleading 12M 38.1 65.4% Sport
48 Angling 11M 40.7 28.8% Sport
49 Long-distance running 11M 34.9 44.9% Sport
50 Snowboarding 11M 37.4 40.7% 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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