Most Popular Searched Sports in Australia
There are regional differences in the popularity of sports. Here is a discussion and list of the most popular searched sports in Australia, using online searches as the measure of popularity. See more on Australia's most popular sport.
Popular Sports Search Terms in Australia
Here are the most searched for sports names in Australia, useful to gage the relative popularity of particular sports. There are four major football codes in Australia, with Australian Football the most popular. Even the general term 'Football' did not rank higher than 'AFL'. This corresponds to the table of Australian sports spectators, whih also had AFL as the highest.
The data is collected over a four year period to account for the effect of annual events and other major events that may occur every four years. For this list only the search popularity of sports names or words describing a group of sports (e.g. football) is included.
| Rank | Sport | Search volume |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFL | 100 |
| 2 | Cricket | 80 |
| 3 | Football | 70 |
| 4 | NRL | 55 |
| 5 | Golf | 55 |
| 6 | Rugby | 45 |
| 7 | Soccer | 45 |
| 8 | Tennis | 35 |
| 9 | Basketball | 25 |
| 10 | Rugby League | 15 |
Source
- This list is derived from Google Insights for Search, collected over a four year period (Jan 2007 to Jan 2011). Search volume is a relative term (reflecting how many searches have been done for a particular term, relative to the total number of searches done on Google), and does not represent an actual number of searches. The sport names on the list are extracted from only the top 20 search terms in the category 'sport', so the number of sports will vary.
Related Pages
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