On the occasion of the World Cup, many have checked how many sports fans there are around the world. It turned out that more and more. Soccer is not everywhere as popular as in Poland. Her traditional fans are Europe and Latin America. However, it turns out that the country in which the largest percentage of society interested in soccer are United Arab Emirates (80%). Another is Thailand (78%), Chile, Portugal and Turkey (75% each) and Mexico (73%). Poland, together with Italy and South Korea, takes the ninth place ex-aequo (67% of those interested). We are ahead of Spain and South Africa (70% each).
However, interest in soccer is also increasing in the United States. Although only about every third American declares interest in this discipline, four years ago it was 28 percent, so the increase amounted to 4 percentage points. With the manchester united vs chelsea tickets, this is important.
Over 40% worldwide
Population above 16 years of age feels interested or very interested in this sport; the result is higher than in other disciplines. Interestingly, soccer is …