Most Popular Sports In The World




 

1 Football

Football Commonly known as soccer is one of the most popular sports around the world. The game is played in over 200 countries making it the world’s most popular sport.

Now if we talk about fans, football has around 3.5 billion fans across the world. The sport has no boundaries and is played in almost all the countries around the world.

 




 

2 Cricket

Cricket is the 2nd most popular sport in the world with over 2.5 billion fans around the world. The major places where Cricket is most prevalent are Asia, England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, and New Zealand.

The fan base of cricket in Asian countries is immense. A large number of people follow and watch the game. Though soccer is played in almost all countries, however, the craze of cricket in Asia is just insane.

Over the last decade, the game evolved a lot and there is some major popular league around the world. IPL is the biggest league of all of them. The league is gaining popularity and the short format(T20) of the game is a new trend in Cricket.