The Workout Index

What Koreans are doing for exercise — a running visitor poll across the nine most-practised sports in the national participation survey.

Made for the days you cannot decide: see what everyone else is picking, then pick.

Visitor poll on this site (convenience sample) — one vote per index per browser session · How this index works, and its limits

What people actually do — official statistics

Regular participation rate (%) — national survey, multiple answers

  1. 1Walking40.5%
  2. 2Gym (bodybuilding)17.5%
  3. 3Hiking17.1%
  4. 4Yoga · Pilates · Tae Bo9.3%
  5. 5Swimming7.9%
  6. 6Running (jogging, marathon)7.7%
  7. 7Football · futsal7.4%
  8. 8Golf6.1%
  9. 9Cycling (incl. MTB)5.8%

Source: 2025 National Sports Participation Survey (press release) (2025년 국민생활체육조사 (보도자료)) — Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 2024-09 ~ 2025-08 참여 기준 · 2026-01 공표. Retrieved 2026-09-05.

Measured, not voted. Shown separately from the poll below and never blended into it — where the two disagree is the interesting part.

What visitors here are picking — live poll

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