american football is the most watched sport in the usa.
american football is the most watched sport in the usa.
what's the most watched sport in the usa?
american football
"baseball is still called the national pastime, but football is by far the more popular sport in american society", according to espn.com's sean mcadam. in a 2014 poll conducted by harris interactive, professional football ranked as the most popular sport, and college football ranked third behind only professional football and baseball; 46% of participants ranked some form of the game as their favorite sport. professional football has ranked as the most popular sport in the poll since 1985, when it surpassed baseball for the first time. professional football is most popular among those who live in the eastern united states and rural areas, while college football is most popular in the southern united states and among people with graduate and post-graduate degrees. football is also the most-played sport by high school and college athletes in the united states. in a 2012 study, the ncaa estimated there were around 1.1 million high school football players and nearly 70,000 college football players in the united states; in comparison, the second-most played sport, basketball, had around 1 million participants in high school and 34,000 in college. the super bowl is the most popular single-day sporting event in the united states, and is among the biggest club sporting events in the world in terms of tv viewership. the nfl makes approximately $10 billion annually. super bowl games account for seven of the top eight most-watched broadcasts in american history; super bowl xlix was watched by a record 114.4 million americans.
american football
on television, football is by far the most watched sport on both free and paid television, games from regional teams often guarantee the top audience in its cities, also european football (especially uefa champions league) are guaranteed high viewing figures.









































in motorsport, the main national competitions are stock car brasil and fórmula truck. formula one is considered the second most watched sport in terms of tv audience, behind football. the indycar series also has a good fanbase in brazil.
sport in brazil