The National Football League comprises 32 teams from across the United States competing in two conferences split roughly by region. The NFL is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States, with televised games attracting millions of viewers each week. This survey depicts the level of interest in the NFL in the United States, and it showed that 42 percent of Black respondents were avid fans of the NFL as of April 2023.

As of August 2023, around half of NFL fans aged 18-29 were white. Meanwhile, ** percent of NFL fans aged 30 or older were Black, while this figure stood at ** percent among those aged 18 to 29.

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional football league in the United States comprising 32 teams spread out over two conferences. As one of the biggest professional sports leagues in the country, it is no surprise that the NFL attracts fans from all walks of life. In a 2020 survey, it was found that ** percent of Los Angeles fans were Hispanic, while ** percent were Black.

There are millions of sports fans across the United States, from religiously following an NFL team to being avid tennis fans or watching every Formula One Grand Prix. During an April 2023 survey in the United States, 34 percent of Black respondents stated that they were avid sports fans. Meanwhile, this figure was 29 percent among white respondents.

A January 2023 survey illustrated the average weekly viewership of National Football League games by respondents of different ethnicities in the United States. According to the survey, ** percent of Asian respondents stated that they spent between *** and **** hours a week following NFL games, whereas this figure amounted to ** percent for white survey participants. Meanwhile, ** percent of African American/Black and Latino respondents spent between *** and **** hours weekly watching football.

College football takes place in organized leagues between teams of students from different universities in the U.S. and Canada. The leagues are organized by the NCAA, which is the sports association that organizes a wide range of sports for colleges and students. In a survey conducted in April 2023, around 23 percent of Black respondents stated that they were avid fans of college football in the United States.

The National Football League comprises 32 teams from across the United States competing in two conferences split roughly by region. The NFL is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States, with televised games attracting millions of viewers each week. An April 2025 survey found that 29 percent of Americans aged 55 and above considered the NFL to be their top interest.

This graph shows the distribution of the NFL regular season television audience during 2013 by race or ethnicity. The share of Hispanic television viewers for the 2013 NFL regular season was ***** percent.

The Super Bowl is the highlight of the NFL season, watched by millions in the United States and many more across the world. During a February 2023 survey in the United States, around ** percent of Hispanic respondents stated that it was very likely that they would watch Super Bowl LVII in February 2023.

The NFL is one of the most widely televised sporting leagues in the world. The average television viewership of a regular season NFL game in 2024 was calculated to be **** million. Attendance In addition to this record-breaking TV viewership, the NFL attracts thousands of fans to the stadiums each week to see their favorite teams in action. The NFL has consistently been the major American sports league with the highest average attendance, with an average of almost ** thousand people attending each game in the 2023 season. Moreover, during the 2024 regular season, the average total home attendance per team across the entire NFL was calculated to be *******. The franchise with the highest total attendance for its eight regular-season home games was the Dallas Cowboys, perhaps in part to their comparatively reasonably priced tickets, costing nearly *** U.S. dollars on average, just less than the average ticket price across the NFL at *** U.S. dollars per ticket. Best players Since 1957, the Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award has been given to the NFL player considered to have been the most outstanding during the season. Since the award's introduction, Peyton Manning has received the award the greatest number of times during his career, closely followed by Aaron Rodgers, who has received the award on **** occasions. One other potential indicator of the success of an NFL player is their annual salary. The highest-paid NFL player in 2024 was Dak Prescott, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, who earned **** million U.S. dollars from salary and bonuses and ** million U.S. dollars from endorsement deals during the 2024 season.

Sports are a hobby enjoyed by young and old alike, from throwing a baseball in the back garden to watching your favorite team play live or on the TV with family. During a January 2020 survey in the United States, ** percent of Hispanic respondents stated that football was their favorite sport to watch.

The National Hockey League, or NHL, is a North American professional sports association bringing together ice hockey franchises from Canada and the United States. While ** percent of NHL fans are Hispanic, this figure varies greatly between fans of different teams. Around ** percent of Los Angeles Kings fans were Hispanic, while the percentage among St. Louis Blues fans stood at ** percent.

The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched sporting events in the world, regularly attracting more than 70 thousand fans to the live event. The highest attendance figures are often associated with games that feature popular teams, exciting matchups, or other special circumstances such as the large seating capacity of the stadium within which the games are hosted. The 2025 Super Bowl, which was hosted at Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, had an attendance of 65,719 fans. This game saw the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs to claim their second Super Bowl title. Overall, the Super Bowl attendance figures demonstrate the popularity and enduring appeal of American football as a major sport and cultural event in the United States. Popularity of the Super Bowl The Super Bowl's popularity is undeniable, with the annual championship game of the National Football League being one of the biggest single-day sports events in the world. Each year, the champions of the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference compete against each other, drawing high television ratings. The 2024 Super Bowl set a record-breaking average TV audience of over 123 million viewers in the United States. Super Bowl spending The Super Bowl generates millions of dollars in advertising revenue for the NFL, with the advertising revenue from the 2024 Super Bowl standing at a record 650 million U.S. dollars. A 30-second ad spot during the Super Bowl broadcast cost an average of eight million U.S. dollars in 2024. The big game also leads to significant consumer spending, with Super Bowl-related consumer spending in the U.S. estimated to have stood at about 17.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. The average American consumer planned to spend over 86 U.S. dollars on Super Bowl Sunday, with expenditures on food and beverages, televisions, furniture, team apparel and accessories, and decorations.

The 2025 edition of the Super Bowl, which saw the Philadelphia Eagles emerge victorious against the Kansas City Chiefs was watched by ***** million viewers in the United States, making it not only the most watched Super Bowl in history, but also the most popular TV program of all time in the U.S. The second most watched Super Bowl was aired in the previous year, when the Kansas City Chiefs won against the San Francisco 49ers. What is the Super Bowl? The Super Bowl is the last game of the NFL season with the winners of the two football conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC), competing with each other. The game determines the champion of the National Football League. The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 football season. In that game, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, then of the American Football League, with a score of 35 to 10, winning the first-ever Super Bowl championship. Super Bowl giants The Super Bowl came into being as part of a merger agreement between the two rival football leagues (National Football League and the American Football League) at the time. From 1967 to 1970, the game pitted the champions of the two rival leagues against each other. Since 1971 and the completion of the merger agreement, the winners of the two conferences have squared off against each other. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots have won the most Super Bowl titles, with a total of * each. The Patriots have also appeared in the National Football League’s annual championship game a record ** times, thereby topping the list for Super Bowl appearances.