What is the most popular sport in the world today? Football?
I found this table of the top 10 most popular sports and soccer is on the top with a estimated global following of 4 billion.
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What surprised me a lot is the 2.5 followers of cricket.... I didn't know how popular it was
I'm surprised that cricket is next to soccer football.
I don't have an idea on how to play it, and again I'm surprise that basketball is in no. 7 only, I was thinking it's next to soccer football.
Lots of country with British influence do play crickets are opposed to basketball who just been made in public in 1940's. But we basketball fans are surprised to see it in the no. 7 spot though.
Maybe if NBA stadium in the future could accommodate 100K screaming fans, similar to soccer or football then maybe we can see it in the top 3.