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The ‘Big Five’ in North American Pro Sports

Yesterday, Ritchie King and I ran the numbers on the most popular teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and the English Premier League, according to the number of Google searches they generate. The rankings compared teams within each league. But we can also make cross-sport comparisons. What’s the most popular North American professional […]

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The Distribution of Fandom in Pro Leagues

On Tuesday, we looked at the relative popularity of Major League Baseball teams as based on Google searches. That resulted in the following chart: The Yankees and Red Sox are popular? Quelle surprise! Nonetheless, sources such as Google and Facebook give us access to new types of data on fandom and provide a little more […]

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The Distribution of Fandom in Pro Leagues

On Tuesday, we looked at the relative popularity of Major League Baseball teams as based on Google searches. That resulted in the following chart: The Yankees and Red Sox are popular? Quelle surprise! Nonetheless, sources such as Google and Facebook give us access to new types of data on fandom and provide a little more […]

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