Harris Sports Poll

[Jntg4]

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/vault/Harris Poll 5 - 2014 Fave Sport_1.16.14.pdf

Most popular sports (or, technically, most favorited as their #1)

1. Pro Football (NFL) 35%
2. Baseball (MLB) 14%
3. College Football (NCAAF) 11%
4. Auto Racing (NASCAR/etc.) 7%
5. Men's Pro Basketball (NBA) 6%
6. Hockey (NHL) 5%
7. Men's College Basketball (NCAAM) 3%
8. Men's Golf (PGA) 2%
9. Men's Soccer (MLS/Euro/Int.) 2%
10. Swimming 2%
11. Boxing 2%
12. Men's Tennis (ATP) 2%
13. Bowling 1%
14. Horse Racing 1%
15. Track & Field 1%
16. Women's Tennis (WTA) 1%
17. Women's College Basketball (NCAAW) 1%
18. Women's Soccer (NWSL) <0.5%
19. Women's Pro Basketball (WNBA) <0.5%
20. Women's Golf (LPGA) <0.5%
21. Not Sure 3%

Missing: Lacrosse and Arena Football, I'm not sure if they would have enough to show up anyway, but...

 

[CreepyBasementGuy]

Interesting...football is and always will be the king here in the States

Things I learned:

Baseball went down hard the past 25 years but still in second place.

Racing really surprised me up there , wasn't expecting it that high.

Rich people love baseball, poor people love racing.

Lacrosse and Arena Football don't exist.

Honestly, I'm suprised only 2% said soccer is their favorite sport. A lot of people in the US love soccer, just they aren't MLS fans. Interested to see if soccer would climb up at all if people were allowed to pick multiple sports, but probably they would go down further lol.

 

[Jntg4]

Interesting...football is and always will be the king here in the States

Things I learned:

Baseball went down hard the past 25 years but still in second place.

Racing really surprised me up there , wasn't expecting it that high.

Rich people love baseball, poor people love racing.

Lacrosse and Arena Football don't exist.

Honestly, I'm suprised only 2% said soccer is their favorite sport. A lot of people in the US love soccer, just they aren't MLS fans. Interested to see if soccer would climb up at all if people were allowed to pick multiple sports, but probably they would go down further lol.

I am wondering how the survey was conducted, whether it actually stated Professional Soccer, or MLS.

But when NBA and NHL each were well under 10% as well, not overly surprising regardless.... 2% saying Swimming though seems like a bit much.