Sports in the world Today we are going to take a look at the top 10 most popular sports in the world

Sports in the world

Today we are going to take a look at the top 10 most popular sports in the world. But before we do that it is important to know the importance of sports and the criteria that should be used to make a ranking of sports.

Sports play an important role in our lives. From the early childhood years where we take sports very seriously to the later years in life where we consider it as a hobby, a fitness ritual, and sometimes even a profession. Today in every part of the world some sport is passionately followed.

People take their sporting heroes as their role models and often have an emotional attachment with their favorite sports stars and sports teams. People in different regions of the world have different favorite sports. This makes ranking sports quite a challenging and difficult job. This is exactly why it is hard to ascertain the reliability and accuracy of different sports lists out there.

Here, it is important to know exactly what do we mean by most popular sports. The word “popular” could mean “most-watched sports,” “most played sports,” or “most revenue-generating sports”. But in all honesty, it would be unfair to rank the sports by popularity, if we take just one or two criteria. Therefore, we have decided to use 15 different criteria in order to rank the most popular sports in the world.

Criteria Used For Ranking The Most Popular Sports

We have used these extensive criteria in order to make sure that we can accurately ascertain the popularity of different sports and rank them in the correct order. And we used these below mentioned 15 criteria to understand the most popular sports around the world.

1. 
   Global Fan Base and Audience
   
2. 
   Viewership on TV
   
3. 
   TV Rights Deals
   
4. 
   Popularity on the Internet
   
5. 
   Presence on Social Media
   
6. 
   The number of Professional Leagues in the World
   
7. 
   Average Salary of Athletes in the Top Leagues
   
8. 
   Sponsorship Deals
   
9. 
   Number of Countries in Which the Sport is Popular
   
10. 
    Biggest Competition 11. Relevancy Throughout the Year
    
11. 
    Gender Equality
    
12. 
    Access to the General Public
    
13. 
    Number of Amateur Players in The World
    
14. 
    The prominence of the sport in sports headlines on print and electronic media
    

Hopefully, this list compiled after thorough research would be helpful for you. Do let us know what you think about this list and the popularity of different sports in the world in the comments section below.