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The audience for women's football, by market.

Pick a country to see how its audience is shaped — size, demographics, where the fans live, what they watch, why they care. Spain is loaded as the live demo; data for other markets follows the same structure.

Market
Wave: Q4 2025 Sample: n = 4,021
At a glance · Spain

The size and shape of fandom.

How many Spaniards aged 16–64 follow women's football, and how the fan base splits across gender and intensity.

Casual interest
52.6%
15.8M people who follow casually — the conversion zone for new partnerships.
Female share of fans
48.1%
Nearly even gender split — 48.1% female, 51.5% male. Indexes higher on women than men's football (42.1% F).
Demographics

Age & gender vs the country average.

Bars show the share of the women's-football fan base in each age cohort. Index pills below compare against the national average — green means over-represented.

Women · 42% · ⌀ 43.2 years

Women's football Country avg
5.9%
5.8%
7.2%
11.1%
12.1%
16–19
0.8x
20–29
0.6x
30–39
0.8x
40–49
1.2x
50–65
1.1x
Men · 58% · ⌀ 42.1 years
9.6% (16–19) · 1.2x
Largest male cohort
16.4% (50–65) · 1.3x
AI insight

40–49 women over-index by +22% vs the national average (1.2x). 20–29 women are under-represented (0.6x) — the recruitment gap to close on TikTok / Reels via creator-led content.

Activation hook

Family-mobility, FMCG and beauty partners pair best on this audience. Cross-product activation is wide open — 68% of fans support both the men's and women's teams of the same club.

Geography

Where the fans are.

Regional density across Spanish autonomous communities. Click any city on the map to see its local profile, or any region row to fly there.

Fan density · Spain

Top regions

Share · Index

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01
Comunidad de Madrid Centro · 6.8M total pop.
1.3x 28%
02
Cataluña Noreste · 7.7M total pop.
1.5x 24%
03
Comunidad Valenciana Levante · 5.0M
1.2x 14%
04
Andalucía Sur · 8.5M total pop.
0.9x 12%
05
País Vasco Norte · 2.2M
1.1x 6%
06
Galicia Noroeste · 2.7M
0.8x 5%
AI insight

Cataluña over-indexes by +50% — a structural advantage powered by FC Barcelona Femení's Liga F dominance and Spain's 2023 World Cup-winning core.

Motivations

Why she watches.

The route into the women's-football fan base in Spain. Cause-driven motivation leads ahead of club / national-team interest.

Through my support for women's sport in general 31%
Because of my interest in the national team 30%
Because of my interest in a particular club or team 30%
Through family 28%
Through friends 26%
Through a player I admire 23%
Brand opportunity

Cause-driven motivation leads ahead of club / national team — uniquely strong in Spain. This unlocks value-led brand storytelling (equality, empowerment, equal pay) over performance messaging.

Vs men's football

The "support women's sport" entry point performs +12pp above men's-football fans, who lead with club loyalty (47%).

Content preferences

What they want to watch.

Format share among Spanish women's-football fans. BTS, documentaries and fan-generated content are under-served vs their built-in demand.

59%
Live games
45%
Highlights
29%
Analyses & expert opinions
29%
Interviews & documentaries (BTS)
21%
Fan content & community
Social channels

Where the news lives.

Most-used social channels for getting information about women's football. TikTok is the fastest-growing source year-on-year.

Lifestyle profile

Of fans of women's football in Spain.

Three lifestyle markers that are unusually strong for this audience — and unusually valuable for partner activation.

73%

are married or in a relationship — well above the national average and a strong household-targeting signal.

68%

support both the men's and women's teams of the same club — cross-product activation is wide open.

50%

have at least one child aged 14 or under — the family fan, ready for next-generation acquisition.

What's next

Ready to act on it?

The Best Cases & Inspiration and Playbook pillars launch later this year — translating these insights into proven activations and frameworks.

Best Cases & Inspiration Playbook