Sports

What is your favorite sport to watch?

Recent trend

What is your favorite sport to watch?

Full trend for top-ranking sports

	Football	Baseball	Basketball	Soccer	Ice hockey	Auto racing	Figure skating
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2023 Dec	41	10	9	5	4	3	2
2017 Dec	37	9	11	7	4	2	1
2013 Jun	39	14	12	4	3	2	1
2008 Dec	41	10	9	3	4	3	1
2007 Dec	43	13	11	2	4	3	2
2006 Dec	43	11	12	2	2	4	3
2005 Dec	34	12	12	3	4	5	3
2004 Dec	37	10	13	2	3	5	4
2003 Dec	37	10	14	2	5	5	6
2002 Dec	37	12	13	2	3	5	4
2001 Mar	28	12	16	2	3	6	4
2000 Mar-Apr	33	13	15	2	5	5	4
1998 Nov	36	16	12	2	3	3	2
1997 Apr^	30	14	17	2	3	7	2
1995 Apr	32	16	15	1	3	2	2
1994 Sep	37	16	13	2	1	2	3
1994 Aug	35	21	11	2	3	2	3
1992 Sept	38	16	12	1	4	2	2
1990 Feb	35	16	15	1	3	1	2
1981 Jan	38	16	9	2	2	1	2
1972 Oct	32	24	9	*	4	2	1
1972 Jan	38	19	10	*	5	*	*
1960 Dec	21	34	9	*	3	*	1
1948 Apr	17	39	10	*	3	1	*
1937 Mar	23	34	8	*	2	1	1
* Less than 0.5%; ^ WORDING: What is your favorite sport to follow?
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For each of the following, please say whether you are a fan of that sport or not. First, ... . [RANDOM ORDER]

Trend when sports asked in rotation with other sports

	Yes, a fan	Somewhat of a fan (vol.)	No, not a fan	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
Professional baseball
2019 Apr 17-30	54	3	43	--
2017 Oct 10-11	47	4	48	*
2012 Dec 19-22	48	5	47	*
2004 Dec 5-8	43	9	48	*
2001 Mar 26-28	46	10	44	*
Professional football
2019 Apr 17-30	59	3	38	--
2017 Oct 10-11	54	3	44	*
2012 Dec 19-22	63	4	32	*
2004 Dec 5-8	58	6	36	*
2001 Mar 26-28	54	9	37	*
Professional basketball
2019 Apr 17-30	44	3	53	--
2017 Oct 10-11	36	4	60	--
2012 Dec 19-22	33	4	63	--
2004 Dec 5-8	33	5	61	1
2001 Mar 26-28	36	8	55	1
Professional ice hockey
2019 Apr 17-30	32	3	65	*
2017 Oct 10-11	24	4	72	*
2012 Dec 19-22	22	2	76	*
2004 Dec 5-8	18	5	77	*
2001 Mar 26-28	24	7	69	*
College football
2019 Apr 17-30	52	2	45	--
2017 Oct 10-11	52	4	44	--
2012 Dec 19-22	49	5	46	--
2004 Dec 5-8	47	7	46	*
2001 Mar 26-28	44	9	46	1
College basketball
2019 Apr 17-30	43	3	54	--
2017 Oct 10-11	34	4	62	*
2012 Dec 19-22	37	3	61	--
2004 Dec 5-8	35	6	59	*
2001 Mar 26-28	38	9	52	1
Auto racing
2019 Apr 17-30	33	4	63	1
2017 Oct 10-11	27	5	68	*
2012 Dec 19-22	24	4	72	--
2004 Dec 5-8	25	5	69	1
2001 Mar 26-28	31	8	61	*
Professional soccer
2019 Apr 17-30	31	4	65	--
2017 Oct 10-11	24	4	71	--
2012 Dec 19-22	19	4	77	*
Olympic sports
2019 Apr 17-30	68	3	28	*
2017 Oct 10-11	60	3	36	*
2012 Dec 19-22	69	6	25	*
Professional golf
2019 Apr 17-30	32	4	64	--
2004 Dec 5-8	22	8	70	*
2001 Mar 26-28	27	9	64	*
Professional tennis
2004 Dec 5-8	18	6	76	*
2001 Mar 26-28	19	9	71	1
Figure skating
2004 Dec 5-8	34	7	58	1
2001 Mar 26-28	40	10	50	*
Professional wrestling
2004 Dec 5-8	8	2	89	1
2001 Mar 26-28	12	3	85	*
* Less than 0.5%; ^ Asked on Gallup Daily tracking survey; (vol.)=volunteered response
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