Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Wrestling Fan Demographics in United Kingdom

Wrestling has an estimated audience of 4.3M people in United Kingdom.

#25among Sport in United Kingdom
#1108among topics in United Kingdom
#100in Sports

The average Wrestling fan in United Kingdom is 36.6 years old, more male, and lives primarily in West Midlands.

By number of fans, Wrestling ranks #25 among the 450 objects in Sport in United Kingdom — 1.9× the group median.

Its fans are 5.3 years younger than the group average of 41.9.

Women make up 22.5% of the fan base, 22.2 percentage points fewer than the group average.

Compared with the other 449 objects in Sport, Wrestling fans stand out for their interest in Jeff Hardy, Aikido and Conor McGregor.

Most fans live in West Midlands, South East, Yorkshire and the Humber.

Top affinities include Grappling, Jeff Hardy, Aikido, with strongest over-indexing on Grappling (9.21× the country average).

Demographically, the Wrestling audience skews more male with an average age of 36.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Risk Appetite.

The typical Wrestling fan in United Kingdom is more male, around 36.6 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Grappling.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

Data status: Q2/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
4.3M
in United Kingdom
Gender
22.5%♀
77.5% male
Age
36.6
average years
Country rank
#1605
among all objects in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of Wrestling fans

22.5% are female, 77.5% are male, average age 36.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

22.5%
Female
77.5%
Male
Demographic split for Wrestling audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female22.5%
Male77.5%
Average age36.6
Estimated audience size4.3M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.6
average years
Age distribution of the Wrestling audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-2423%
25-3426%
35-4422%
45-5416%
55+13%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

4.3%

of the worldwide Wrestling audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Wrestling
CountryShare
United States27.8%
Japan5.3%
India5.3%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United Kingdom average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Wrestling fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01West Midlands~600K1.48×
02Yorkshire and the Humber~500K1.32×
03East of England~500K1.13×
04North East~200K1.13×
05Wales~200K1.04×
06Scotland~300K1.00×
07Northern Ireland~100K0.96×
08South West~300K0.91×
09East Midlands~300K0.81×
10South East~500K0.79×
11North West~200K0.51×
Section 04
Brands and objects ranked by affinity with this audience. Values above 1.0× mean over-representation compared with the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Affinities of the Wrestling audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01GrapplingSports9.21×
02Jeff HardySports9.21×
03AikidoSports7.74×
04JudoSports6.82×
05TaekwondoSports4.30×
06Conor McGregorSports3.90×
07Broadcasting of sports eventsMovies & TV3.70×
08Self-defenseSports3.47×
09FootAsylumFashion & Accessoires3.00×
10WWESports2.83×
11Tyson FurySports2.53×
12Anthony JoshuaSports2.47×
13Online gamblingGames2.34×
14Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipSports2.12×
15BetfairGames2.02×
16WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.00×
17Mixed martial artsSports1.95×
18Paddy PowerGames1.86×
19Sky BetGames1.63×
20Viral videoInternet & Social Media1.60×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Wrestling audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Wrestling audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.77×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.29×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.27×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Wrestling audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.64×
CreativityOPEN0.65×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.71×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Appendix

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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in United Kingdom with measurable interest in Wrestling over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several topics count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
07/2025 – 06/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q2/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q2/2026, rascasse.com/explore/gb/wrestling-8871” · Methodology