What form of football is most popular?

Question

I'm wondering which code of football is most popular where.

Living in the US, I know that American gridiron football is most popular here, but I was wondering how popularity varies across the world for the different codes: rugby union, rugby league, football (soccer), Australian football, Gaelic football, Canadian football, etc.

For example, Australia seems to prefer Australian football, then rugby league, then rugby union (I'm not sure where soccer fits in).

What are other countries like?

Answer 1

I'm from Ireland and Gaelic football is our most popular sport.

Actually the order goes

1)Gaelic football(UP Kerry!!!!!!)

2)Hurling(Another Gaelic sport)

3)Rugby

4)Soccer

(3+4 are pretty close but we're way better at rugby then at soccerand after Munster won the Heineken Cup in 2006 the whole country loves rugby!!!)

MUNSTER FOR HEINEKEN CUP 2008!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Football or Soccer is the worlds most popular form of football

Answer 3

Correction - In Australia soccer is massive in the junior base and slowly growing on a professional level. Rugby League and Rugby Union are incredibly popular at the elite level, played on an international basis, whilst Australian football enjoys a limited southern popularity.

Answer 4

Rugby Union and I am an Aussie!!!! Soccer is also popular but seems not to be everyones favourite past time

Answer 5

Globally soccer is the biggest form of football. Rugby union is the second most popular football globally being second to soccer in almost all English speaking European nations including most other British derived nations with the exception of Australia. In Australia AFL and rugby league are the most popular forms of football and have about the same following but of course as with most countries their popularity is location dependent. Rugby union is third in Australia while soccer is fourth but quickly gaining popularity due to high number of European migrants and will more than likely overtake rugby union in the next couple of years.

Answer 6

Rugby union dominates New Zealand Sport

Answer 7

tackle football

Answer 8

Aussie:Afl is pretty popular here,is the number one code,rugby league & union,soccer's pretty popular here,it got more popular when Aussie went to the world cup,d**n those italian fake actor players!Personally,I prefer Rugby League.

New Zealand:No sport has got ANYTHING!on RUGBY UNION,it's a bloody religion in N.Z!.No other sport comes close.

Source:Live in & married to Australian.Born & Bred In New Zealand.

Answer 9

Soccer by far and in the USA its obviously American Football