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Ich sah eine Infografik, die den Aufstieg des Fußballs zeigt, also wollte ich sie in den letzten 100 Jahren in den USA mit anderen Sportarten vergleichen
Basierend auf diesen Daten ist der Fußball weitaus geeignet, um als „Amerikas Sport“ bezeichnet zu werden als Baseball.
Für jedes Jahr werden die Werte für Baseball, Fußball, Basketball, Hockey und Fußball auf 100%normalisiert. Wenn der Baseball 1950 bei „40“ liegt, bedeutet dies, dass er in dem Modell ~ 40% der Gesamtpopularität unter den fünf berücksichtigten Sportarten ausmachte.
Quellen: Gallup Historische Umfragen (Sportarten), Wikipedia -Werkzeuge (Geschichte des Sports in den USA): Python / Matplotlib
Von XsLiveInTexas
45 Kommentare
it would be interesting to overlay the data for Canada as well to compare them
I’m really surprised soccer is more popular than hockey in the US. I don’t know a single person who watches MLS, but id say a third of my friends are really into NHL.
I also wonder how MMA factors into this now. I feel like that has gained a ton of popularity in the last decade
Soccer passing baseball in the US is such an alien thought
Baseball isn’t called America’s Sport. It’s called America’s Past time. Which still seems appropriate.
I’m colour-blind, Is nfl or basketball first (I assume its the nfl)
Actually kinda crazy that despite the NFL’s dominance with tv ratings today, it isn’t omnipresent the way baseball was before the 70s.
Slow and steady Hockey. You’ll be #1 in the year 2176.
Am I wrong in thinking baseball has recently made up some ground since they made the games shorter?
This is definitely not beautiful data, with all due respect.
It’s so hard to watch a baseball game of your team on tv
Baseball was popular because it‘s easy to follow along by radio. It was so popular in fact, that during ww2 the US would use baseball trivia to root out foreign assets/spies. Imagine being the one US soldier who genuinely just didn’t like baseball and getting cooked by your own country for it.
I’m more into robot rugby
How are we measuring „popularity share“?
Since I can’t find the exact methodology, I wonder if “Soccer” viewership includes European/English leagues. I can name a handful of bars where I live that are dedicated Arsenal/Liverpool/Man U watch pubs. Could be skewing the data for soccer being above hockey/almost on par with baseball
Would be interesting to see how boxing and mma compare to these
How is this data collected or presented? Basketball being essentially flat or slightly up from the 90’s seems off to me. Doesn’t seem today’s ratings are anywhere near as high of ratings back then.
I assume it’s different depending on the region. There are a lot of people on the coasts and I wouldn’t be surprised based on demographics if that’s where a majority of soccer fans are.
There’s something missing in this graph. The accumulative index in 1920 exceeds 90. The accumulative index in 2020 is ~ 75. So we are missing 15 points on the index. Is there another category that explains this?
Now show league of legends
The NHL is so incompetently run. Imagine having the speed of basketball (and then some), the drama of soccer, and unpredictability of baseball, and not being able to sell that effectively.
I think this might be somewhat misleading. If I’m understanding it correctly, an increase in popularity of one sport means a decrease in another, since they are percentage of marketshare. But I’m not sure how well this would reflect people being fans of multiple sports.
It’s kind of crazy that how omnipresent football is it’s only half as popular as baseball at its peak. Seems kind of hard to believe if I’m honest.
I can’t find a Gallup poll that backs this data up? Soccer overtaking hockey in the 1970s doesn’t pass the smell test, and the Gallup polls I see don’t have Soccer overtaking hockey until the 2010s
NHL is in such a disgraceful state right now. Even e-sport is more popular than hockey.
Banana ball will save baseball
Such a shame that there has been almost no growth in popularity for hockey. Its the best sport by far. Definitely the most entertaining to watch.
To be a baseball fan in the 1930s
I’m surprised not to see an uptick after Baseball added the pitch clock a few years ago. That really did bring a lot of viewership back to the sport, I thought? I swear I read that its viewership had turned around after that was implemented.
Baseball is America’s Past Time, not its sport
Boxing should have been included and maybe nascar. Otherwise maybe say team sports.
Soccer is going to surpass baseball within the next 10 years, and it may pass basketball in the next 20. Both MLB and NBA seasons are too long.
I don’t have a lot of time to watch sports live on TV but I truly think playoff hockey is the most fun apart from when your own team is in the playoffs or something.
Baseball could learn a lot from what they’ve done to keep Cricket relevant (big bash/T20 etc.)
How is “popularity index” calculated?
I don’t have a lot of time to watch sports live on TV but I truly think playoff hockey is the most fun apart from when your own team is in the playoffs or something.
The noticeable bump from Michael Jordan is pretty cool.
makes sense, out of every sport on earth baseball ranks just above watching paint dry as the most boring sport on earth
Good to see Baseball diving. Cricket is the objectively superior sport, so you may as well all switch over now.
As an Antipodean I can absolutely appreciate the complexity, strategy and incredible degree of specialist skill that goes into American Football. Awesome sport.
In comparison; for somebody acclimated to cricket….baseball just looks like checkers might appear to a chess player. A simplified children’s sport. Pitchings kinda badass; love the different pitch variations that can be achieved. Everything else is just dumbed down and droll.
You’re gonna have to zoom out pretty far if you wanna see golf.
Baseball is a thinking persons game, so with the rise of stupidity it stands to reason that baseball’s popularity would decline as well.
Where are all of these people who like soccer at? Especially when it says soccer passed hockey in the late 70s. What?
NHL league revenue is several times higher than MLS. Either the soccer fans aren’t actually soccer fans, or they aren’t fans of American soccer.
Hockey fans are dedicated if nothing else
Pretty wild to see the Michael Jordan effect between 1980-2000
Interesting how hockey is so low when it is objectively the most exciting sport on Earth. I feel like people just get accustomed to whatever they are introduced to by their friends/family, and it just keeps getting passed on through generations. And people will just continue to watch it because it is already popular. Much like how people play Call of Duty just because lots of people play Call of Duty.
My personal interest is the opposite. I am crazy for baseball right now.