‘Raging’ sports fans watch this many games a year

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IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A ‘RAGING’ SPORTS FAN, HOW MANY GAMES WOULD YOU SAY YOU WATCH IN A YEAR?

WELL A NEW SURVEY IS OUT THAT REVEALS THAT SPORTS FANATICS WATCH AS MANY AS 120 GAMES PER YEAR.

CONDUCTED BY TALKER RESEARCH ON BEHALF OF SQUAD-LOCKER, THE POLL OF 2,000 AMERICAN SPORTS FANS REVEALED THOSE ‘RAGING’ FANS – THE ONE IN FIVE WHO SAY THEY WATCH EVERY GAME THEY CAN – ALSO ACCEPT A HEFTY PRICE TAG.  

THOSE RAGING FANS REPORTED THEY SPEND, ON AVERAGE, $879.40 ON TICKETS TO LIVE SPORTS GAMES, CONCESSIONS, APPAREL, COLLECTIBLES, MEMORABILIA AND STREAMING SERVICES, PER YEAR. 

WHEN IT COMES TO BEING PRESENT ON THE SIDELINES, FANS SAID THEY’LL USUALLY SEE ABOUT THREE LIVE WINS AND TWO LOSSES, PER YEAR.

Survey methodology:

This random double-opt-in survey of 2,000 American sports fans was commissioned by SquadLocker between May 24 and May 29, 2024. It was conducted by the market research company Talker Research, whose team members are members of the Market Research Society (MRS) and the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR).