According to a survey conducted in Japan between June to July of 2022, the live sporting event with the highest number of attendances in Japan was professional baseball with an estimated 25.17 million total visits. The second most popular type of sporting event to spectate in person was high-school baseball with more than 9.7 million visits. All of these figures declined compared to previous years, as the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic had adverse effects on live spectating of events.
Number of attendances at live sports events in Japan in 2022, by sport
(in millions)
Estimated participants: Calculated by applying the participation rate to the population of 105,750,654 people 18 years old and over (from the basic resident register on January 1st, 2019). The annual figures were calculated by multiplying the estimated number of spectators with the average frequency of people watching games per year.
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Sasakawa Sports Foundation. (December 31, 2022). Number of attendances at live sports events in Japan in 2022, by sport (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/923908/japan-leading-live-sports-events-rate-by-annual-spectators/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. "Number of attendances at live sports events in Japan in 2022, by sport (in millions)." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/923908/japan-leading-live-sports-events-rate-by-annual-spectators/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. (2022). Number of attendances at live sports events in Japan in 2022, by sport (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/923908/japan-leading-live-sports-events-rate-by-annual-spectators/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation. "Number of Attendances at Live Sports Events in Japan in 2022, by Sport (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/923908/japan-leading-live-sports-events-rate-by-annual-spectators/
Sasakawa Sports Foundation, Number of attendances at live sports events in Japan in 2022, by sport (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/923908/japan-leading-live-sports-events-rate-by-annual-spectators/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of attendances at live sports events in Japan in 2022, by sport (in millions) [Graph], Sasakawa Sports Foundation, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/923908/japan-leading-live-sports-events-rate-by-annual-spectators/