Study Names Most Popular Sport in New Jersey
Growing up my favorite sport was baseball. I loved playing the game as much as possible. I played the other sports, but baseball was my obsession. That was followed by basketball, football, soccer, and a little golf.
In my mind, that was the order of popularity in the neighborhood. Either I was wrong or times have changed or both.
Thanks to new research, Gambling.com has analyzed the average monthly Google search volumes for 10 of the most popular sports in America in order to reveal the most popular sports in each state. These figures were then compared to the national average search volumes across the country to see how they differ in each state.
The data shows that Football is the number one sport in New Jersey. With over 172 monthly searches per 1,000 people on average which is higher than the US average of 120. It’s actually 50% more popular in our state than in the rest of the country.
Soccer comes in second place with over 127 monthly searches (National average of 42). That’s three times higher than the national average.
Basketball places third with almost 70 monthly searches and a national average of 73.
Golf places 4th place overall in the ranking with 47.79 searches per 1,000, which means baseball takes 5th place with 39.01 searches per 1,000 people.
Sports are a huge part of many people’s lives, and with an estimated 232.6 million Americans taking part in sports activities throughout the year, it’s easy to see why. With this being said, some sports are just more popular than others, and this can vary on a state-by-state basis.
Here are the numbers for the most popular sports in the state of New Jersey in order of highest average Google search volume per 1,000 people, along with the relative US average per 1,000 for each sport.
Rank |
Sport |
US Average |
New Jersey |
1 |
Football |
120.58 |
172.04 |
2 |
Soccer |
42.87 |
127.81 |
3 |
Basketball |
73.04 |
69.75 |
4 |
Golf |
41.19 |
47.79 |
5 |
Baseball |
34.94 |
39.01 |
6 |
Tennis |
22.72 |
31.17 |
7 |
Boxing |
22.61 |
18.91 |
8 |
NASCAR |
32.74 |
17.40 |
9 |
Ice Hockey |
9.38 |
12.36 |
10 |
MMA |
7.18 |
8.82 |
As I said, either times have changed or my most popular sport was the least popular the whole time.
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