Now that the World Cup has crowned a champion and LeBron has made his long-awaited decision (again), sports fans can get back to focusing on their everyday local interests. However, do you even know what your state’s sports interests are? Based on Google search data since June 2012, TicketCity formed this map that shows which team the people in your home state care about the most:
As you can see, football clearly reigns supreme in the United States. In fact, with data from all 50 states in, a total of 29 teams landed in the top search spot. Of those 29, 16 of them were NFL teams. Just a glance at the color-coded map and you’ll see states dominated by pro football teams like the Seahawks, Vikings, Broncos, Bears and Cowboys.
MLB ranks second on the map with seven teams and the NBA takes third with four. The Boston Bruins are the only NHL team represented in the northeast, and Arkansas is the only state that cares most about its college sports. Now, in fairness, Major League Soccer and the WNBA were not considered for this study. However, we’d be willing to bet that the end result would not be any different if they had been.
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