Popularity of Cricket Around the World
Cricket is a very popular sport, played all around the world,
though it is more popular in certain countries. Here we use online search
traffic for the term 'cricket' to analyze which countries it is more popular.
See also the lists of popular sports in many countries.
Cricket is most popular, based on online searches for that term,
in India. Indians are very passionate about their cricket, and the search
traffic numbers are helped by their very large population too. It is clear how
well the game of cricket spread to the countries colonized by the English.
|
Ranking |
Country |
Regional Popularity
* |
|
1 |
India |
100 |
|
2 |
Pakistan |
70 |
|
3 |
Sri Lanka |
68 |
|
4 |
Bangladesh |
42 |
|
5 |
Australia |
32 |
|
6 |
United Arab Emirates |
30 |
|
7 |
Nepal |
28 |
|
8 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
26 |
|
9 |
South Africa |
24 |
|
10 |
New Zealand |
22 |
|
11 |
United Kingdom |
19 |
|
12 |
Jamaica |
19 |
|
13 |
Afghanistan |
15 |
|
14 |
Zimbabwe |
14 |
|
15 |
Papua New Guinea |
14 |
|
16 |
Oman |
12 |
|
17 |
Botswana |
11 |
|
18 |
Kuwait |
9 |
|
19 |
Fiji |
8 |
|
20 |
Singapore |
7 |
|
21 |
Namibia |
7 |
|
22 |
Hong Kong |
6 |
|
23 |
Tanzania |
6 |
|
24 |
Zambia |
5 |
|
25 |
Saudi Arabia |
5 |
|
26 |
Ireland |
5 |
|
27 |
Uganda |
5 |
|
28 |
United States |
5 |
|
29 |
Kenya |
4 |
|
30 |
Iraq |
4 |
|
31 |
Canada |
3 |
|
32 |
Mozambique |
2 |
|
33 |
Mauritius |
1 |
|
34 |
Malaysia |
1 |
|
35 |
Poland |
1 |
|
36 |
Nigeria |
1 |
|
37 |
Norway |
1 |
|
38 |
Taiwan |
1 |
|
39 |
Ghana |
1 |
|
40 |
South Korea |
1 |
|
41 |
Sudan |
1 |
|
42 |
Netherlands |
1 |
|
43 |
Sweden |
1 |
|
44 |
Yemen |
1 |
|
45 |
Switzerland |
1 |
|
46 |
Philippines |
1 |
|
47 |
Panama |
1 |
|
48 |
Denmark |
1 |
|
49 |
Germany |
1 |
|
50 |
Lebanon |
1 |
