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Here’s A Fun Map Of The World Based On Sport Popularity By Region

by Jordan Rabinowitz | 9:50 pm, November 21st, 2012

Like maps of the world? Like sports? Like seeing which sports are popu ar in which regions? Sure you do, so here you go!

Not surprisingly, the world goes apeshit for soccer, except for those puck-happy Canadians and us Americans. In America specifically, American football reigns supreme, except for those pockets of baseball (Yankees and Red Sox, can’t argue with that) and basketball (is there a sport Los Angelenos care less about than football?).

Not surprising are the pockets of skiing in the Alps, basketball in the Baltic states, cricket in India, baseball in Japan, and table tennis in China.

But what’s the deal with baseball in Mongolia? In related news, “Genghis At The Bat” reads much more entertainingly than Casey ever did.

Editor’s note: As pointed out by some of our readers, Mongolia’s favorite sport is wrestling, not baseball. Our apologies for the yellow discrepancy, but not for putting the image in your head of Genghis Khan playing baseball. We are not sorry for that. Cheers!

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bob

Editor: I believe that it is WRESTLING that takes the cake in Mongolia
bob

shades of saffron
Einar

Minnesota should be blue – like Canada for hockey
http://www.facebook.com/ryan.kolka Ryan Kolka

That would be wrestling in Mongolia…
sean

indiana is american football? really?? BASKETBALL!
sighz

Nevada Baseball? ummm ok… even with no MLB team
Anonymous

Cool map. Pretty predictable though.
Andrew

Australia would be Aussie rules football or rugby league depending of what state you are in, not cricket
Andrew

And south africa would be rugby
Steve

Australian Football and Rugby are huge here in Aus. Cricket isn’t THAT popular
Anonymous

Only among whites.
Anonymous

UNLV and HS; also, the Dodgers.
Anonymous

Not as easy a choice as one might imagine. Sure, HS hoops is socially significant in Indiana to an unparalleled extent in white America, but Indiana hoops sure seems to be taking a backseat to the Colts.
Anonymous

Agreed.
James

I was hoping we’d get our own colour :(
Anonymous

Color me doubtful that association football is the most popular sport in Switzerland. They’ve got a very fragmented sporting landscape, particularly on the spectating side of things. Strictly confining it to participatory sports, I should think that the answer would be skiing.
Tony

so New York is baseball because of the Yankees (and mets if anybody cheers for them), 3 Hockey teams, 2 Basketball teams, and technically 3 Football teams…
Anonymous

What nonsense. Basketball most popular in Arizona? Huh, that’s news to this Arizonan. Here it’s all football all the time.
Steve

they fucking love football in greenland!
http://www.facebook.com/LegendaryMiguel Miguel Verguet-Moniz

You forgot Judo in Japan
Kealan

Representing Gaelic football like we should!
Anonymous

Why is Indiana’s sport not Basketball
shoosehill

Bryce Harper is from Vegas.
Rhys

The Welsh national sport is rugby, or in Welsh, rygbi. Other than Swansea City, they couldn’t care less about football.