wtachetna Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 I have been contemplating a lot about the topic and came to conclusion that Football has got to be the larger fan following than any other sport in the world. But I would like to see your views. Which sport do you think is more popular - Cricket or Football? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Football by a very, very, very long shot. rubecula, Lowensda and Romey 1878 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 By population cricket might be. On a global appeal there's no doubt it's football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 I thought cricket was only big in India and England. It's non-existent in the United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 I thought cricket was only big in India and England. It's non-existent in the United States. Australia its big too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Australia its big too. carribean too right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 who outside of some commonwealth countries actually play cricket? sport is pretty much non-existant in most places. I think it's closer between cricket and rugby, but think even rugby has a bigger following. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 http://www.totalsportek.com/most-popular-sports/ football basketball cricket tennis athletics rugby formula 1 boxing ice hockey volleyball golf etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Football by a very, very, very long shot. Dunno about that, there are 1.3 billion Indians who are more than the combined population of Europe (740) and the US (325). This is all assuming they're all sports fans, let alone cricket or football fans. How do you count them if they're both big cricket and football fans? My head is too tired for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 who outside of some commonwealth countries actually play cricket? sport is pretty much non-existant in most places. I think it's closer between cricket and rugby, but think even rugby has a bigger following. Afghanistan. holystove 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Dunno about that, there are 1.3 billion Indians who are more than the combined population of Europe (740) and the US (325). This is all assuming they're all sports fans, let alone cricket or football fans. How do you count them if they're both big cricket and football fans? My head is too tired for this I went of the basis of nearly every country has an international football team, the world cup being one of the most watched events, where as cricket isn't. Didn't realise there was that many people in India to be honest! However how many of them actually have access to a television etc to follow any sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Dunno about that, there are 1.3 billion Indians who are more than the combined population of Europe (740) and the US (325). This is all assuming they're all sports fans, let alone cricket or football fans. How do you count them if they're both big cricket and football fans? My head is too tired for this What are you saying Matt - that Kabaddi is the most supported? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 I'm saying I've had 3 hours sleep and not exactly the most invigorating day in the office Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 I had the men round to put two new fence panels up. Her indoors went out with daughter no.2 so I had to make aforementioned men a mug of tea. Quite a busy day really. It hasn't finished yet as I have a snooker match this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 I had the men round to put two new fence panels up. Her indoors went out with daughter no.2 so I had to make aforementioned men a mug of tea. Quite a busy day really. It hasn't finished yet as I have a snooker match this evening. No rest for the wicked . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 If anyone's been to India (or Pakistan or Bangladesh), you'd know immediately just how obsessed the nation is with cricket. I've looked from a hotel room window at 5 in the morning, and young men were playing cricket (with suit jackets hung on a wall) before starting work. Given their population, cricket has to have many more followers than football. Look at some the world's largest countries by population - China, India, USA, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Vietnam: None of these seriously follow football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 If anyone's been to India (or Pakistan or Bangladesh), you'd know immediately just how obsessed the nation is with cricket. I've looked from a hotel room window at 5 in the morning, and young men were playing cricket (with suit jackets hung on a wall) before starting work. Given their population, cricket has to have many more followers than football. Look at some the world's largest countries by population - China, India, USA, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Vietnam: None of these seriously follow football.But that's making an assumption that the majority of their country likes/watches cricket. American Football is obviously huge in the US, but I doubt even half of the population watches or even cares for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 I hate Cricket and IMO only my opinion counts. So, Football. aaron, markjazzbassist and Sibdane 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 I would say footy although some may be surprised at crickets fan base. It's huge in countries like India, Pakistan and Australia which have huge populations and there isn't anything to rival it in the first 2. Bangladesh, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa just off the top of my head. Cricket is an excellent sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 I would say footy although some may be surprised at crickets fan base. It's huge in countries like India, Pakistan and Australia which have huge populations and there isn't anything to rival it in the first 2. Bangladesh, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa just off the top of my head. Cricket is an excellent sport. I'll give you India and, to a much lesser extent Pakistan but Australia's population is tiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 I'll give you India and, to a much lesser extent Pakistan but Australia's population is tiny. The UK has a bigger population than Aus doesn't it? I still think you only have to take the world cup final for football to see its bigger, draws a lot more viewers. No denying cricket is huge in the other countries that play it, but that's about it, football is global, cricket is mainly commonwealth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 The UK has a bigger population than Aus doesn't it? I still think you only have to take the world cup final for football to see its bigger, draws a lot more viewers. No denying cricket is huge in the other countries that play it, but that's about it, football is global, cricket is mainly commonwealth Much bigger, 64m v 23m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 I read years ago that the most viewed sport in Britain is Formula 1 racing. This came from a marketing company advising its clients where to invest advertising money. I'll bet you the numbers are huge for NASCAR in the US as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 I'll give you India and, to a much lesser extent Pakistan but Australia's population is tiny. The point I'm making is EVERYONE practically idolises cricket there. It's not like here where the population is split 80% football 20% cricket ( loose percentage that I know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 I think that football fan's worldwide would probably be double that of cricket fan's. When you include most of Europe, South America, Africa not really interested in cricket bar England and South Africa in those continents, and football fan's in England would be much greater than cricket, then there is a small percentage of North America a China who like football with pretty much zero in cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 I came across a sports streaming site yesterday that claimed it even had access to minor sports, such as rugby and soccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Cricket may have India but football has China and Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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