The most popular sport in the United States is a strange, complex game played pretty much nowhere else on earth: American football. But soccer is a distant fourth in the hierarchy of US sports.
Most of the world is filled, first and foremost, with soccer fans. When it comes to sports, American exceptionalism rules. Here are 40 maps and charts that explain sports in America - the passes, the shots, the players, the teams, the dollars, and, of course, the fans.ġ) America’s weird taste in sports Reddit user droolingtortillas Spectator sports have ballooned from a mere form of entertainment into one of the few shared experiences that cut across US regions, classes, and demographics.
Last year, the sports industry took in an estimated $57 billion, and in an era when television audiences are splintering and fewer of us watch live TV than ever before, a full third of the country still tuned in to watch the Super Bowl. Sports play an outsized role in American life.
