With Ireland it’s complicated. Soccer/football has more than double the number of people actively playing the sport. The attendance at games though is worse than GAA, this is down to the best Irish players playing in England and they watch English football on TV. When Ireland are in the World Cup the viewing figures are often at their highest.
CoffeeDefiant4247 on
Nepal is cricket?
npeggsy on
I don’t understand why you’d choose such a similar colour for Mongolian wrestling as football. Admittedly, it’s not necessarily a suprise that Mongolia is the one place this is the most popular, but still.
Edit-also archery and basketball
The-Iraqi-Guy on
What’s Australian football?
greyforest23 on
Which country’s is archery ?
roarti on
Is there actually some kind of story behind why baseball is so popular in the Caribbean/Central America?
heyorin on
The most popular sport in Eritrea is cycling.
brandonjslippingaway on
Australian football likely only emerged and thrived in Australia because it was codified in 1859, before the modern code rationalisation in Britain formed the FA (1863), and RFU (1871). If it didn’t happen when it did, most likely rugby would be by far the most dominant code nationwide.
Pleasant-Role1912 on
Saying Australian Football is Australia’s most popular sport wouldn’t go down too well in Sydney and Brisbane
Pipehead_420 on
These maps always leave off Rugby League and just group it with Rugby Union.
AstraWally on
Rugby union for NZ, rugby league for PNG. They’re as different (or similar depending on your point of view) as Australian Football & Gaelic Football
Xhiw_ on
The 4 most populated countries have 4 different most popular sports. In 3 out of 8 of the most populated countries, the most popular sport is cricket.
Sad-Address-2512 on
It’s football except where it’s football
guy_incognito_360 on
What about iceland?
grapejuicesushi on
wonder why fifa had such a hard time selling the rights for the world cup to the whole world. so I googled it. can’t believe they can fumble the most popular sport in the world.
Jupaack on
„Australian Football“
„Gaelic Football“
„Football (NFL)“
Fucking logic…
Because writing „American Football“ like they did with Australian and Gaelic football would be too logical, right?
Or why not „Football (AFL)“ „Football (SFC)“ ?
SjalabaisWoWS on
Everyone plays with balls, but Mongolia…and someone does archery, but the colour scheme doesn’t allow us to figure this one out.
zomdoesburner on
Am I the only one annoyed by the naming?
You can’t say Australian football, Gaelic football, but then for the USA “football (NFL)”. It’s “American football”, or use “football (AFL)” and “football (GAA)” for the other 2.
It’s just such a weird American exceptionalism thing to do.
Bitter-Dragonfly-648 on
Football over Rugby for South Africa? Interesting
jakeisalwaysright on
Absolutely abysmal choice of colors for this.
Happy-Fortune-5360 on
Close call in Switzerland. I guess ice hockey is as popular, in certain regions definitely more.
youcanreachmenow on
I would think that hockey are the favourite sports in Czech, Slovakia, and Finland.
sleepy-on-the-job on
Mongolian wrestling has taken the world by storm
IZY_98 on
I was genuinely curious about Iceland…
johnny_tifosi on
Basketball for China was certainly a surprise for me. Other than Yao Ming I have never heard anything relevant about Chinese basketball.
lukeDeOzBloke on
I’d be more interested to know the second favourite sport in all the countries
iLoveLights on
Czech Republic is hockey over football.
fremja97 on
I have a feeling this map is full of shit
WineGutter on
Czech Republic should be ice hockey. Maybe Slovakia as well. Football was most popular back during Czechoslovakia, but the quality has really dipped since the countries split.
Czechia is still one of the best countries in the world at ice hockey so it naturally brings more supporters in.The energy around the country was intense when they won the Ice Hockey World Championship a couple of years ago, and when they qualified for the World Cup a few months ago, there were barely even celebrations in Prague.
Truelz on
Damn Mongolian wrestling is popular
MyTablesAreMyCorn on
Does Egypt like soccer more than squash?
damo_bbos on
Lies
MoveToSafety on
Aussie rules football is so fun to watch! Go Crows!
Agatio25 on
I’M Allways fastinated with the American thing. They call It football, but you don’t play with your feet nor use a ball…
I always say It should be called American rugby
vysott on
where chess
Qaaarl on
I thought the icon over the US was a hotdog lol
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With Ireland it’s complicated. Soccer/football has more than double the number of people actively playing the sport. The attendance at games though is worse than GAA, this is down to the best Irish players playing in England and they watch English football on TV. When Ireland are in the World Cup the viewing figures are often at their highest.
Nepal is cricket?
I don’t understand why you’d choose such a similar colour for Mongolian wrestling as football. Admittedly, it’s not necessarily a suprise that Mongolia is the one place this is the most popular, but still.
Edit-also archery and basketball
What’s Australian football?
Which country’s is archery ?
Is there actually some kind of story behind why baseball is so popular in the Caribbean/Central America?
The most popular sport in Eritrea is cycling.
Australian football likely only emerged and thrived in Australia because it was codified in 1859, before the modern code rationalisation in Britain formed the FA (1863), and RFU (1871). If it didn’t happen when it did, most likely rugby would be by far the most dominant code nationwide.
Saying Australian Football is Australia’s most popular sport wouldn’t go down too well in Sydney and Brisbane
These maps always leave off Rugby League and just group it with Rugby Union.
Rugby union for NZ, rugby league for PNG. They’re as different (or similar depending on your point of view) as Australian Football & Gaelic Football
The 4 most populated countries have 4 different most popular sports. In 3 out of 8 of the most populated countries, the most popular sport is cricket.
It’s football except where it’s football
What about iceland?
wonder why fifa had such a hard time selling the rights for the world cup to the whole world. so I googled it. can’t believe they can fumble the most popular sport in the world.
„Australian Football“
„Gaelic Football“
„Football (NFL)“
Fucking logic…
Because writing „American Football“ like they did with Australian and Gaelic football would be too logical, right?
Or why not „Football (AFL)“ „Football (SFC)“ ?
Everyone plays with balls, but Mongolia…and someone does archery, but the colour scheme doesn’t allow us to figure this one out.
Am I the only one annoyed by the naming?
You can’t say Australian football, Gaelic football, but then for the USA “football (NFL)”. It’s “American football”, or use “football (AFL)” and “football (GAA)” for the other 2.
It’s just such a weird American exceptionalism thing to do.
Football over Rugby for South Africa? Interesting
Absolutely abysmal choice of colors for this.
Close call in Switzerland. I guess ice hockey is as popular, in certain regions definitely more.
I would think that hockey are the favourite sports in Czech, Slovakia, and Finland.
Mongolian wrestling has taken the world by storm
I was genuinely curious about Iceland…
Basketball for China was certainly a surprise for me. Other than Yao Ming I have never heard anything relevant about Chinese basketball.
I’d be more interested to know the second favourite sport in all the countries
Czech Republic is hockey over football.
I have a feeling this map is full of shit
Czech Republic should be ice hockey. Maybe Slovakia as well. Football was most popular back during Czechoslovakia, but the quality has really dipped since the countries split.
Czechia is still one of the best countries in the world at ice hockey so it naturally brings more supporters in.The energy around the country was intense when they won the Ice Hockey World Championship a couple of years ago, and when they qualified for the World Cup a few months ago, there were barely even celebrations in Prague.
Damn Mongolian wrestling is popular
Does Egypt like soccer more than squash?
Lies
Aussie rules football is so fun to watch! Go Crows!
I’M Allways fastinated with the American thing. They call It football, but you don’t play with your feet nor use a ball…
I always say It should be called American rugby
where chess
I thought the icon over the US was a hotdog lol