NFL: America’s Favorite Spectator Sport
August 5, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under NFL - NFL
National Football League Blogcast, NFL Blogcast
The NFL has been acknowledged as America’s most popular sport for the past 43 years, rated #1 by fans in the Harris Poll since 1965. In fact, for the fifth consecutive year, twice as many people named professional football (30%) as their favorite sport over baseball (15%). NFL popularity can be measured in other ways as well. For instance:
Nearly 158% more women ages 18-to-49 watched Super Bowl XLII (22.1 million) than the 2008 Academy Awards (8.5 million).
Viewership for 35 NFL games during the 2007 season would rank among prime-time’s five most-watched May 2008 season/series finales.
The …read more
