Football is America's favorite sport
Core finding
Football is the favorite sport of about three-in-ten Americans (31%), ahead of any other option, according to a Verasight survey conducted Aug. 1-6, 2025.
More than one-in-five (22%) say they don't like sports at all, ahead of basketball (14%) and baseball (13%); soccer (8%) and hockey (4%) trail, and another 9% name some other sport.
Topline distribution
Football is America's favorite sport.
Which of the following, if any, is your favorite sport?
n = 1,000 · Aug 1–6, 2025 · MoE ±3.2%
Methodology
Full 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 | Aug 1–6, 2025 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.2% |
| Module | A |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co
Which of the following, if any, is your favorite sport?
Cite this question
Verasight Quirks Omnibus Survey, fielded August 1-6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.2%.