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Top Ten Sports in the World by Popularity

Football​
Football​

The sport is overwhelmingly popular in former British colonies such as India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Australia. 1. Association Football (Soccer) - 4 Billion Fans . Association football, or soccer, is the most popular sport in the world.

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Cricket​
Cricket​

The Most Popular Sports in the World ... Cricket has a 2.5 billion person estimated global following, ... What Are The Most Popular Sports In The World?

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Field Hockey​
Field Hockey​

The fourth most popular sports in the world according to mostpopularsports.com is tennis scoring around 1 billion fans. With a popularity increase of over 43% in the last six years this sport is on the rise in terms of popularity. Tennis is often among the most popular sports in smaller countries as well.

Golf​
Golf​

Popularity of Golf Around the World. Golf is played around the world, though it is more popular in certain countries. Here we use online search traffic for the term 'Golf' to analyze which countries it is more popular. See also the lists of popular sports in many countries. Golf is most popular, based on online searches for that term, in Ireland.

Volleyball​
Volleyball​

Top 10 Most Popular Sports In The World In 2015: According to www.top10zen.com, as of December 2014, the most popular sports, by popularity (i.e. estimated number of fans), worldwide, were: We feel so much happiness in our hearts to know that volleyball has more than 900 million fans.

Table Tennis​
Table Tennis​

Table tennis is a sport appreciated worldwide and on every continent (surely those scientists in Antarctica play a little ping pong around the office on a cold day!). In fact, it is the most popular racquet sport of all time, even beating out regular tennis and badminton, yes the table tennis table comes first.

Baseball​
Baseball​

FIFA also has the biggest sports database of players and teams from around the world. Most popular Sports teams on social media: Real Madrid and Barcelona are by far the most followed teams of any sport on social media with over 100 million followers each.

Basketball​
Basketball​

Sports are played all over the world, whether as hobbies, careers, or as a part of fitness regimens. Various games have grown in popularity to amass a huge following across the world. The rules and characteristics of these games are dynamic and are governed by international bodies.

American ​Football​
American ​Football​

American football has gone global, and the sport is growing one big dude at a time in some markets. Kevin Seifert explores the game's worldwide reach and what it could mean for the NFL. American football has gone global, and the sport is growing one big dude at a time in some markets.

source: espn.com