# Football is America's favorite sport

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

> Indexed question in Sports.

## Reading

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

Which of the following, if any, is your favorite sport?

Football is America's favorite sport.

- Football: 31.2%
- I don't like sports: 21.6%
- Basketball: 14.0%
- Baseball: 12.6%
- Other (please specify): 8.6%
- Soccer: 7.8%
- Hockey: 4.3%

## 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: 2025-08-01 → 2025-08-06
- 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

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#favorite-sports](https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#favorite-sports)

## Citation

Verasight Quirks Omnibus Survey, fielded August 1-6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#favorite-sports](https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#favorite-sports)