Attendance at professional sports events in the UK 2022, by sport

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 17, 2023
Football matches were the most attended professional sporting event in the United Kingdom in 2022, with a total attendance of 50.6 million. This was significantly higher than the next best-attended sport, which was rugby union at 5.4 million.

Total attendance of professional sporting events in the United Kingdom in 2022, by sport (in millions)

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Release date

December 2022

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Sports included in the 'other' category were not defined by the source.

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