| Rank | Sport | Audience | Regions |
| 1 | Football (Soccer) | 4 Billion | Europe, Africa, Asia, America |
| 2 | Cricket | 2.5 Billion | Asia, Australia, UK |
| 3 | Basketball | 2.5 Billion | America, Oceania, Middle East |
| 4 | Field Hockey | 2.2 Billion | Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia |
| 5 | Tennis | 1 Billion | Europe, Asia, America |
| 6 | Volleyball | 900 Million | Europe, Australia, Asia, America |
| 7 | Table Tennis | 850 Million | Europe, Africa, Asia, America |
| 8 | Baseball | 500 Million | America, Japan |
| 9 | Rugby | 475 Million | Oceania, South Africa, England |
| 10 | Golf | 450 Million | America, Oceania, Europe |
Well since we were talking about it I decided to do some (limited) research. Some of the stats seemed outdated as basketball has really taken off these last few years so this table is only an approximation based on numbers I was able to find online. The popularity of Field Hockey blew my mind.
| 11 | pushups | 40 | bitcointalk |
| 12 | stairs | 4 | random stairwells all over the world |
American Football has not even made the top 10. Bery bery interesting.
Very generous of you, vapourminer, to do some further looking into the matter and to include pushups in the extended list.
~snip Bery, bery interesting indeed which is why I did more digging as I had heard that the NFL had the most lucrative sports franchises in the world and how could that be if it wasn't in the top 10?! I had to find out for myself if this was the "American" world or the actual world. So, I copied some data from here -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue, (it's supposed to contain the currently available data) copied data from all entries entitled "Association Football" and "American Football" (sorted by revenue), removed some extraneous data and then put them in a BBcode table... hopefully I didn't mess up the data too much. You'll have to take my word if you don't want to do the math but all of the other top earners that are Football but aren't "American" Football add up to
17815 (€ mil) and I find it utterly mind-blowing that the NFL outdoes that with
19299 (€ mil) thereby dominating the #1 spot.
| Rank | League | Sport | Country(ies) | Season | Tier Level | Teams | Matches | Revenue | Rev. / team | Rev. / match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (€ mil) | (€ mil) | (€ tdousands) |
| 1 | National Football League (NFL) | American football | United States | 2023 | 1 | 32 | 285 | 19299 | 603 | 67716 |
| 4 | Premier League (PL) | Association football | England | 2022–23 | 1 | 20 | 380 | 7100 | 355 | 18684 |
| 6 | Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División (La Liga) | Association football | Spain | 2022–23 | 1 | 20 | 380 | 5240 | 262 | 13789 |
| 14 | English Football League Championship (EFL Championship) | Association football | England | 2021–22 | 2 | 24 | 557 | 1060 | 44.1 | 1903 |
| 17 | 2. Fußball-Bundesliga (2. Bundesliga) | Association football | Germany | 2022–23 | 2 | 18 | 306 | 785.7 | 43.7 | 2567 |
| 20 | Eredivisie | Association football | Netderlands | 2021–22 | 1 | 18 | 312 | 629 | 34.9 | 2016 |
| 22 | J1 League | Association football | Japan | 2023 | 1 | 18 | 306 | 564.7 | 31.3 | 1845 |
| 33 | Championnat de France de football de Ligue 2 (Ligue 2) | Association football | France | 2022–23 | 2 | 20 | 380 | 423 | 21.15 | 1113 |
| 35 | Scottish Premiership (SPFL) | Association football | Scotland | 2021–22 | 1 | 12 | 258 | 313 | 26.1 | 1213 |
| 45 | Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Serie C) | Association football | Italy | 2022–23 | 3 | 60 | 1187 | 216.2 | 3.6 | 182 |
| 50 | English Football League Two (EFL League Two) | Association football | England | 2021–22 | 4 | 24 | 557 | 170 | 7 | 305 |
| 52 | Eliteserien | Association football | Norway | 2022 | 1 | 16 | 240 | 161 | 10 | 671 |
| 54 | Super League Greece | Association football | Greece | 2021–22 | 1 | 14 | 240 | 159 | 11.3 | 663 |
| 60 | Israeli Premier League | Association football | Israel | 2021–22 | 1 | 14 | 240 | 138 | 9.8 | 575 |
| 63 | Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) | Association football | Ukraine | 2021–22 | 1 | 16 | 143 | 118 | 7.3 | 825 |
| 65 | Saudi Professional League (SPL) | Association football | Saudi Arabia | 2022–23 | 1 | 16 | 240 | 111.1 | 6.9 | 463 |
| 68 | Categoría Primera A | Association football | Colombia | 2022 | 1 | 20 | 451 | 102 | 5.1 | 226 |
| 76 | Liga I | Association football | Romania | 2021–22 | 1 | 16 | 316 | 90 | 5.6 | 285 |
| 81 | Kazakhstan Premier League | Association football | Kazakhstan | 2022 | 1 | 14 | 182 | 70 | 5 | 385 |
| 90 | Championnat National | Association football | France | 2019–20 | 3 | 18 | 223 | 57.4 | 3.2 | 257 |
| 91 | Women's Super League (WSL) | Association football | England | 2022–23 | 1 | 12 | 132 | 56.6 | 4.7 | 429 |
| 92 | Chilean Primera División | Association football | Chile | 2023 | 1 | 16 | 240 | 55.3 | 3.4 | 230 |
| 94 | South African Premier Division | Association football | South Africa | 2019–20 | 1 | 16 | 240 | 53.4 | 3.3 | 222 |
| 98 | I liga polska | Association football | Poland | 2022–23 | 2 | 18 | 309 | 43.5 | 2.4 | 141 |
| 102 | Superettan | Association football | Sweden | 2020 | 2 | 16 | 240 | 39.1 | 2.4 | 163 |
| 105 | Veikkausliiga | Association football | Finland | 2022 | 1 | 12 | 167 | 33 | 2.7 | 198 |
| 111 | League of Ireland Premier Division | Association football | Ireland | 2022 | 1 | 10 | 180 | 26 | 2.6 | 144 |