Pickleball vs Padel: which is more popular?
Two fast-growing racket sports, one clear leader.
On English Wikipedia, Pickleball is more popular than Padel. In the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026), the Pickleball article got 1,182,874 page views from human readers, 72% more than the Padel article's 687,067. Pickleball led in 60 of the last 60 months.
By Andrew Kamphey, Better Sheets · Data through September 2026, updated monthly
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- Pickleball
- Padel
Monthly English Wikipedia page views, human readers only, October 2021 to September 2026. Hover a month for exact numbers.
Pickleball
1.2M
views in the last 12 months
Peak: 304K in October 2023
Padel
687K
views in the last 12 months
Peak: 83K in July 2025
Head to head
Pickleball led 60 of 60 months
Padel led 0 of 60 months
What the chart says
Pickleball's article has out-read Padel's every month for five years. Padel is growing too: its yearly readers roughly doubled over the window. Wikipedia renamed Padel's article from "Padel (sport)" to "Padel", so this chart adds both titles together.
- Over the last 12 months, Pickleball drew 72% more readers than Padel (1,182,874 vs 687,067 views).
- The lines never crossed: Pickleball led every month in this window.
- Across all five years: Pickleball 7,953,724 views, Padel 3,078,765.
Check the numbers yourself
Wikipedia page views are public. Here are the articles and the raw API data behind this chart:
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Pickleball
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Padel
See every month
| Month | Pickleball | Padel |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 82,765 | 50,747 |
| Aug 2026 | 98,480 | 63,212 |
| Jul 2026 | 108,388 | 59,493 |
| Jun 2026 | 93,187 | 52,739 |
| May 2026 | 102,203 | 56,225 |
| Apr 2026 | 89,109 | 52,775 |
| Mar 2026 | 101,659 | 54,466 |
| Feb 2026 | 89,150 | 51,125 |
| Jan 2026 | 113,392 | 64,224 |
| Dec 2025 | 96,141 | 51,608 |
| Nov 2025 | 101,937 | 61,036 |
| Oct 2025 | 106,463 | 69,417 |
| Sep 2025 | 113,044 | 73,901 |
| Aug 2025 | 137,047 | 77,837 |
| Jul 2025 | 145,856 | 82,871 |
| Jun 2025 | 119,810 | 73,931 |
| May 2025 | 124,624 | 66,018 |
| Apr 2025 | 117,626 | 57,605 |
| Mar 2025 | 149,632 | 72,356 |
| Feb 2025 | 135,081 | 62,671 |
| Jan 2025 | 147,401 | 69,918 |
| Dec 2024 | 117,177 | 58,048 |
| Nov 2024 | 122,779 | 63,595 |
| Oct 2024 | 128,750 | 65,683 |
| Sep 2024 | 141,446 | 73,891 |
| Aug 2024 | 176,014 | 81,492 |
| Jul 2024 | 173,244 | 77,246 |
| Jun 2024 | 149,359 | 62,881 |
| May 2024 | 162,134 | 64,377 |
| Apr 2024 | 154,284 | 56,394 |
| Mar 2024 | 139,370 | 55,590 |
| Feb 2024 | 138,481 | 53,977 |
| Jan 2024 | 156,818 | 55,467 |
| Dec 2023 | 129,977 | 45,542 |
| Nov 2023 | 181,069 | 46,662 |
| Oct 2023 | 304,359 | 52,307 |
| Sep 2023 | 211,157 | 62,463 |
| Aug 2023 | 163,919 | 55,108 |
| Jul 2023 | 175,775 | 57,510 |
| Jun 2023 | 160,613 | 49,256 |
| May 2023 | 190,186 | 45,434 |
| Apr 2023 | 148,110 | 34,194 |
| Mar 2023 | 139,591 | 36,714 |
| Feb 2023 | 126,641 | 32,001 |
| Jan 2023 | 145,601 | 32,373 |
| Dec 2022 | 114,529 | 29,230 |
| Nov 2022 | 136,886 | 30,658 |
| Oct 2022 | 199,151 | 36,326 |
| Sep 2022 | 152,142 | 34,097 |
| Aug 2022 | 157,810 | 35,589 |
| Jul 2022 | 140,053 | 36,776 |
| Jun 2022 | 130,424 | 30,053 |
| May 2022 | 117,052 | 31,327 |
| Apr 2022 | 102,288 | 30,870 |
| Mar 2022 | 98,543 | 26,207 |
| Feb 2022 | 83,487 | 22,180 |
| Jan 2022 | 69,009 | 23,283 |
| Dec 2021 | 66,700 | 20,651 |
| Nov 2021 | 77,808 | 26,330 |
| Oct 2021 | 97,993 | 22,808 |
Questions
Is Pickleball more popular than Padel?
Yes, going by Wikipedia readers. On English Wikipedia, Pickleball is more popular than Padel. In the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026), the Pickleball article got 1,182,874 page views from human readers, 72% more than the Padel article's 687,067. Pickleball led in 60 of the last 60 months.
When was Pickleball most popular?
The Pickleball Wikipedia article peaked in October 2023, with 304,359 page views that month (October 2021 to September 2026).
When was Padel most popular?
The Padel Wikipedia article peaked in July 2025, with 82,871 page views that month (October 2021 to September 2026).
How is popularity measured here?
By the monthly page views of each English Wikipedia article, from the free Wikimedia pageviews API, counting human readers only (known bots are excluded). It shows how many people looked each topic up, not sales or search volume. The numbers update every month.
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