The Miami Dolphins and the Chicago Bears were the most popular NFL franchises in the United States as of the first quarter of 2025. Just under one **** of the surveyed respondents in the United States had a positive opinion of the two franchises. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Eagles, who claimed their Super Bowl title in 2024, were the third most popular NFL team. How many people watch the Super Bowl in the U.S.? The TV viewership of the Super Bowl in the U.S. peaked in 2025 when the Philadelphia Eagles emerged victorious against the Kansas City Chiefs. The game was watched by over *** million people throughout the country. Meanwhile, the second most watched Super Bowl aired the previous year, in 2023, when the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers. Which NFL player has won the most MVP awards? Since the trophy was first awarded during the inaugural Super Bowl in 1967, *** players have won the MVP award more than once. Tom Brady was the player with the most Super Bowl MVP Awards as of 2024, having won the award a record **** times. Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes followed in the ranking with ***** wins each.

With over eight million fans, the Dallas Cowboys were the most followed National Football League team on Facebook as of November 2024. Second on the list were the New England Patriots, six-time winners of the Super Bowl. NFL on social mediaWhile the Cowboys lead the way on Facebook, the New England Patriots have the largest following on X (Twitter). The New England team had around 4.65 million fans as of November 2024. Meanwhile, the team with the lowest social media following, on Facebook and Twitter, were the Jacksonville Jaguars.The cost of being an NFL fanFollowing your favorite team on social media is one thing, but it does not compare to the atmosphere of being at a live game. However, while football is loved across America, being a fan of the sport does not come cheap. The average cost for a family of four to enjoy a home game in the NFL, including refreshments and merchandise, came to a staggering 631 U.S. dollars in 2023. This marks an increase of nearly 300 U.S. dollars on the figure from 2006.

In 2023, the greatest share of players by ethnic group in the National Football League (NFL) were black or African American athletes, constituting just over ** percent of players within the NFL. Despite the large population of Hispanic or Latino people within the United States, there is a substantial underrepresentation within the NFL, with only *** percent of players identifying as such. National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that was established in 1920 and now consists of 32 clubs divided into two conferences, the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The league culminates in the Super Bowl, the NFL's annual championship game. As the league’s championship game, the Super Bowl has grown into one of the world's largest single-day sporting events, attracting high television ratings and generating billions of dollars in consumer spending. NFL revenues The NFL is one of the most profitable sports leagues in the world, generating a staggering **** billion U.S. dollars in 2022. This total revenue of all ** NFL teams has constantly increased over the past 15 years and, although this figure dropped significantly in 2020, this was largely as a result of the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures. This significant drop in revenue demonstrates one of the primary impacts of COVID-19 on professional sports leagues. NFL franchises As a result of this profitability in non-pandemic times, the franchises of the NFL are attributed extremely high market values. The Dallas Cowboys were by far the most valuable franchise in the NFL, with a market value of **** billion US dollars in 2023. The high value of NFL franchises can be seen clearly when compared to those of the NBA, MLB, and NHL. Franchises within the NFL had an average market value of approximately *** billion U.S. dollars in 2023.

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.

The MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey is home to both the New York Giants and the New York Jets and is the highest capacity stadium in the National Football League. Opened in April 2010, the MetLife Stadium has a capacity of ****** and hosted Super Bowl XLVIII between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos in 2014.

The Detroit Lions were the most watched team in the NFL in the 2024 regular season, with their games drawing in an average TV audience of over ** million fans. Meanwhile, the regular season games of the Philadelphia Eagles, the winners of the Super Bowl that year, averaged just over **** million viewers.

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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. A January 2025 survey found that 32 percent of Americans aged 34 to 54 considered the NFL to be their top interest.

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Total attendance at National Football League (NFL) games reached about ***** million fans across the regular season in 2024. This represented a slight decrease over the previous year's figure of approximately **** million spectators. Attendance at NFL games Over the last few years the total attendance at regular season games of the National Football League has consistently been at more than ** million per season. The NFL is composed of 32 teams and each team plays a minimum of 8 home games during the regular season for a total of 256 games per season. The average attendance at National Football League games was at around ****** in the 2023 season. Dallas Cowboys drew record crowds In 2023, the Dallas Cowboys drew the most spectators to their home games with a total attendance of more than *** thousand. The Cowboys also had the highest average attendance that season with around ****** people attending each home game. The average price for a ticket to an NFL game was at ****** U.S. dollars in 2023. On average, tickets to Las Vegas Raiders games were the most expensive (****** U.S. dollars), while tickets for Arizona Cardinals games were the least expensive, with an average price of ***** U.S. dollars.

The average per game attendance during the 2024 NFL regular season was at 69,520. The Dallas Cowboys had the highest average attendance of all the 32 NFL teams, averaging 92,972 for their nine regular-season home games in 2024. Cowboys in a league of their own Since moving to AT&T Stadium in 2009, the Dallas Cowboys have led the NFL in average regular-season home attendance for over a decade. During that time, the Cowboys have averaged more than 90,000 per home game, well above the league average of around 69,000. At the other end of the rankings, the Chicago Bears had the lowest average regular-season home attendance in 2024. Touchdown in London for the NFL Regular-season NFL games have been played every year in London since 2007, and the attendances for these games are included in the figures for the designated home teams. The NFL London games have been a huge success: attendance of over 60,000 was achieved for all the games held in 2024. Since the games in London started in 2007, all 32 franchises playing in the NFL have played in the UK's capital, with the Green Bay Packers being the last franchise to play there for the first time in 2022.

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.

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.

American Football is one of the most popular sports in the United States, enjoyed by thousands of people live in the stadiums and millions more back home. The highest league in the land is the NFL, which consists of 32 teams divided equally into two conferences. At the end of the season, the two best-performing teams compete for the ultimate prize at the Super Bowl. College football is seen as the final step up towards the NFL, with the best performers on the college circuit gaining lucrative contracts with NFL teams at the end of each season during the NFL Draft. A January 2020 survey showed that 17 percent of male respondents very much preferred watching college football to NFL on TV.

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 43 percent of Seattle Seahawks fans identified as Democrats, while 27 percent were Republicans.

American Football is one of the most popular sports in the United States, enjoyed by thousands of people live in the stadiums and millions more back home. The highest league in the land is the NFL, which consists of 32 teams divided equally into two conferences. At the end of the season, the two best-performing teams compete for the ultimate prize at the Super Bowl. During a 2020 survey in the United States, 38 percent of NFL fans stated that they were Democrats.

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.

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.

Football is not only the most popular sport to watch and spectate in the United Kingdom (UK) and England, but also the most popular team sport to participate in. Between November 2023 and November 2024, roughly 2.2 million people in England played the sport. Football nation Being home to not only the biggest football league but the biggest and most successful sports league in the world, the Premier League, England has many football fans who support the sport with famous clubs such as Manchester United, Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC or Manchester City. Champions League Some of these top tier clubs compete in the UEFA Champions League with other high division teams, primarily from the other ’Big Five’ football leagues in Europe, Germany, Spain, Italy and France. In 2023/24, Real Madrid came out as the victor, winning their 15th Champions League title that season.