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  • Sport Attendance figures for different countries.
  • At the moment, data very incomplete
  • Also see Sports attendances
  • In Leagues, there are not "rounds" as such, one team may have played ten games when another team in the same league has played only eight.
  • For statistical purposes, A round of games is the total of every team in the league playing one match each.
  • "Total attendance per round" is calculated by multiplying the average attendance by the number of matches per round (half the number of teams in that league).
  • "Popularity" is calculated by taking the Total attendance per round and dividing it by the Population of the country; i.e, it represents the percentage of the country that has attended a match, during a round of matches in that league, Assuming people on the whole don't watch two different matches within one round of games (as is very unusual)
  • Number of Rounds does not include playoff games. In most leagues, each team plays each other twice, once at home and once away.
  • Countries sorted by "Visits per season per person" as a total of all leagues and sports in each country.


Scotland

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  • Population = 5.1m
  • Scottish Rugby union clubs play in the celtic league not included below.

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Sport Country Top League Teams Total attendance per round Popularity
Soccer England English Premier League 20 1,405,000 2.77%
Soccer England All Leagues 92 1,405,000 2.77%
Soccer Italy Seria A ? ? ?
Soccer Italy [[All Leagues ? 557,000 0.94%

England

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  • Population = 50.1m
  • The Football League includes three clubs from Wales; Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham.
  • Rugby League-Super League; contains one French club
Sport League(s) Teams Average attendance Total attendance per round Popularity number of rounds Total season attendance Visits per person per season
Football (Soccer) FA Premier league 20 33,875 339k 0.68% 36 12.9m 0.26
Football (Soccer) The Football League 24+24+24 358k 0.71% 44 15.8m 0.32
Rugby Union Guinness Premiership 12 10,271 [1] 62k 0.12% 22 1.35m 0.03
Rugby League Super League 12 8,885 [2] 53k 0.11% 28 1.48m 0.03
Cricket Twenty20 Cup 18 6,896 [3] 62k 0.12% 8 0.54m 0.01
Total 32.1m 0.64

Australia

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  • Population = 20.6m
  • National Rugby League contains one team from New Zealand
  • A League (soccer) contains one team from New Zealand
Sport League(s) Teams Average attendance Total attendance per round Popularity number of rounds Total season attendance Visits per person per season
Australian Rules Football Australian Football League 16 35,703 286k 1.39% 32 6.28m 0.30
Rugby League National Rugby League 15 17,336 130k 0.63% 26 3.28m 0.16
Football (Soccer) A-League 8 11,627 47k 0.23% 21 1.05m 0.05
American Football NBL (Australia) 12 3,665 47k 0.23% 0.64m 0.03
Total 11.25m 0.55
  • Population = 299.1m
  • Major League Baseball includes one Canadian teams
  • National Basketball League includes one Canadian team
  • National Hockey League contains six Canadian teams
Sport League(s) Teams Average attendance Total attendance per round Popularity number of rounds Total season attendance Visits per person per season
American Football NFL 32 67,593 1,081k 0.36% 16 17.30m 0.06
Baseball Major league 30 30,970 929k 0.31% 162 74.92m 0.25
Basketball NBA 30 17,558 527k 0.18% 82 21.60m 0.07
Ice Hockey NHL 30 16,955 527k 0.18% 82 20.85m 0.07
Total 149.18m 0.50

Spain

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  • Population = 44.2m
Sport League(s) Teams Average attendance Total attendance per round Popularity number of rounds Total season attendance Visits per person per season
Football(Soccer) La Liga 20 29,029 290k 0.66% 38 11.03mm 0.25
Football(Soccer) Segunda Division 22 6,593 73k 0.17% 42 3.48m 0.08
Total 14.51m 0.33

Germany

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  • Population = 82.7m
  • NFL Europe contains one Dutch team as well as the 5 German.
Sport League(s) Teams Average attendance Total attendance per round Popularity number of rounds Total season attendance Visits per person per season
Football (Soccer) Bundesliga 1 18 40,775 367k 0.44% 17 12.47m 0.15
Football (Soccer) Bundesliga 2+3 18+37 179k 0.22% 17/18 6.54m 0.08
Handball Bundesliga (handball) 18 4,543 41k 0.05% 34 1.40m 0.02
American Football NFL Europe 6 18,965 41k 0.05% 34 0.56mm 0.02
Total 21.0m 0.25

Italy

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  • Population = 58.6m
Sport League(s) Teams Average attendance Total attendance per round Popularity number of rounds Total season attendance Visits per person per season
Football (Soccer) Serie A 20 21,968 220k 0.37% 38 8.25m 0.14
Football (Soccer) Other professional leagues 112 170k 0.29% 42 or 34 6.41m 0.11
Total 14.66m 0.25