In a poll taken at Sartell High School, it was asked which was the student’s favorite sport to watch. Out of the about 1,300 students we have here, 189 responded. It may not be the biggest sample size, but it still shows a good average. Some of the sports that were put down were NFL football, MLB baseball, Soccer, Cricket, UFC, and Swimming. The top 10 answers were…

10. WWE with 2.1% or 4 votes.

WWE is a profesional wrestling promotion. It is a widley watched sport with on average five million viewers.

9. Motorsports with 2.1% or 4 votes.

Motorsports are sports that involve racing in cars. This includes F1 and NASCAR. On average they get around 6 million combined.

8. MMA/UFC with 2.6% or 5 votes.

MMA/UFC is a hand to hand combat sport that has gotten 300 million views across all of its fights.

7. NBA basketball with 4.2% with 8 votes.

NBA basketball is the American basketball league that has on average 1.6 million views a game.

6. Tennis with 4.8% or 9 votes.

Tennis has grown to be one of the most watched sports in America with the increase in American players in the global scene.

5. MLB Baseball with 5.3% or 10 votes.

Baseball has gotten 12 million viewers at the World Series.

4. Volleyball with 7.4% or 14 votes.

Volleyball is one of the largest viewed sports in college and high school events.

3. Soccer with 7.9% or 15 votes.

Soccer averages 309,000 viewers in the United States.

2. NHL Hockey with 21.2% or 40 votes.

Hockey received 4.6 million viewers in 2022.

1. NFL Football with 30.2% or 57 votes.

NFL Football has 100 million views annually.

According to AEON the above stats were the annual viewerships for sports.

In the United States, around 72% of people watch NFL football. This average is much higher than Sartell High School’s average of 30.2%. On the flip side, only 13% of people in the United States avidly watch NHL hockey, which is about 8% less than Sartell High School’s average.

MLB baseball and NBA basketball were surprisingly not in the top 3. 56% of people watch NBA, and 50% of people watch MLB baseball in the United States, which isn’t even close to Sartell’s sports survey. Volleyball made the top 4 with 7.4% of the votes which is unheard of because volleyball didn’t even make the top 10 in the United States.