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title: "Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World"  
description: "Sports are popular for a number of reasons. Keeping healthy, for example, is often cited as a reason for participating in sports. Here's top 7 sports listed"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-20  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1366/top-7-most-popular-sports-in-the-world  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["Sports", "popular sports", "world sports", "cricket", "football", "soccer", "baseball"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World

![Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/247596bb-5c5a-444a-af0b-0ac55313083d/images/2f0e5109-c42e-456c-8487-d329ddfb3dc1.jpeg) ![Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/247596bb-5c5a-444a-af0b-0ac55313083d/images/f452070a-ae97-4c4d-969d-6020e0fa92a9.jpeg) Football (Soccer) - 4 Billion Fans ![Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/247596bb-5c5a-444a-af0b-0ac55313083d/images/622de5b2-3e08-4782-a400-86b9aaa5fb6f.jpeg) Cricket - 2.5 Billion Fans ![Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/247596bb-5c5a-444a-af0b-0ac55313083d/images/e88f9bb9-3ebf-4cd8-ab58-8bbdcb29bd0b.jpeg) Hockey - 2 Billion Fans ![Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/247596bb-5c5a-444a-af0b-0ac55313083d/images/89aa522e-9ccc-4e78-9175-71440af32ea2.jpeg) Tennis - 1 Billion ![Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/247596bb-5c5a-444a-af0b-0ac55313083d/images/a4f95de1-a525-42d0-94fe-535e18d83dbe.jpeg) Volleyball - 900 Million ![Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/247596bb-5c5a-444a-af0b-0ac55313083d/images/e6a1c53e-da11-4df8-a1f5-cbf97bff4798.jpeg) Table Tennis - 875 Million ![Top 7 Most Popular Sports in the World](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/247596bb-5c5a-444a-af0b-0ac55313083d/images/2f0e5109-c42e-456c-8487-d329ddfb3dc1.jpeg) Basketball - 825 Million

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