# Football is Americans' favorite professional sport

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/sports/football-is-americans-favorite-professional-sport/

> Indexed question in Sports.

## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 2,000 U.S. adults conducted Sept. 7 to 13, 2023, 52% of Americans chose football as their favorite professional sport.

Baseball followed at 18%, while 12% chose basketball.

## Topline

Which is your favorite professional sport?

52% of Americans chose football as their favorite professional sport.

- Football: 51.8%
- Baseball: 17.5%
- Basketball: 12.0%
- Soccer: 8.5%
- Hockey: 5.7%
- None of the above: 4.4%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2023-09-07 → 2023-09-13
- Base (unweighted): 409
- Margin of error: +/- 5.1%
- Module: 2023 APSA Omnibus Survey #2023-071
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#favorite-professional-sport](https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#favorite-professional-sport)

## Citation

2023 APSA Omnibus Survey #2023-071, fielded September 7-13, 2023, N=409 United States adults, +/- 5.1%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#favorite-professional-sport](https://verasight-apsa-2023.tiiny.co#favorite-professional-sport)