Popularity of Cricket Around the World
Cricket is a very popular sport, played all around the world, though it is more popular in certain countries. Here we use online search traffic for the term 'cricket' to analyze which countries it is more popular. See also the lists of popular sports in many countries.
Cricket is most popular, based on online searches for that term, in India. Indians are very passionate about their cricket, and the search traffic numbers are helped by their very large population too. It is clear how well the game of cricket spread to the countries colonized by the English.
| ranking | Country | Regional Popularity * |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 100 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 70 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 68 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 42 |
| 5 | Australia | 32 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 30 |
| 7 | Nepal | 28 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26 |
| 9 | South Africa | 24 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 22 |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 19 |
| 12 | Jamaica | 19 |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 15 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 14 |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 14 |
| 16 | Oman | 12 |
| 17 | Botswana | 11 |
| 18 | Kuwait | 9 |
| 19 | Fiji | 8 |
| 20 | Singapore | 7 |
| 21 | Namibia | 7 |
| 22 | Hong Kong | 6 |
| 23 | Tanzania | 6 |
| 24 | Zambia | 5 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| 26 | Ireland | 5 |
| 27 | Uganda | 5 |
| 28 | USA | 5 |
| 29 | Kenya | 4 |
| 30 | Iraq | 4 |
| 31 | Canada | 3 |
| 32 | Mozambique | 2 |
| 33 | Mauritius | 1 |
| 34 | Malaysia | 1 |
| 35 | Poland | 1 |
| 36 | Nigeria | 1 |
| 37 | Norway | 1 |
| 38 | Taiwan | 1 |
| 39 | Ghana | 1 |
| 40 | South Korea | 1 |
| 41 | Sudan | 1 |
| 42 | Netherlands | 1 |
| 43 | Sweden | 1 |
| 44 | Yemen | 1 |
| 45 | Switzerland | 1 |
| 46 | Philippines | 1 |
| 47 | Panama | 1 |
| 48 | Denmark | 1 |
| 49 | Germany | 1 |
| 50 | Lebanon | 1 |
* Regional Popularity is a relative term (proportional to the most popular term and related to the popularity of other terms in each region), and does not represent an actual number of searches.
Source
- This list is derived from Google Insights for Search, collected over a four year period (Jan 2007 to Jan 2011).
Related Pages
- The most popular domestic T20 tournament is the Indian Premier League
- Most popular sports in many countries
- Other top 10 lists of the world's most popular sports
- About Sport in India
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