Football is the most popular sport being worldwide famous with over 4 billion estimated fans.
Cricket is the second most popular sport being famous in the U.K, Asia, Africa, America, Europe and Australia with an estimated 2.5 billion fans.
The third most famous sport happens to be Hockey. Hockey is most famous in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia with an estimated 2 billion fans.
Tennis is the fourth most famous sport at 1 billion worldwide fans.
Volleyball is the fifth most famous sport in the world at an estimated 900 million fans across the whole world.
Somehow the sixth most popular sport in the entire world is Table Tennis at an estimated 875 million fans worldwide.
Unsurprisingly, the seventh most famous sport in the world in basketball. Basketball has an estimated 825 million fans worldwide.
At the next spot for most famous sports, Baseball is placed at eighth with an estimated 500 million fans in America, the Caribbean, and East Asia. Huge drop in numbers from basketball.
At number 9 is unsurprisingly rugby. Rugby comes in at an estimated 475 million fans in the U.K, Africa, Asia, America, Europe, Australia.
And finally, at number ten, comes golf. With an estimated 450 million fans, golf is most popular in Western Europe, East Asia, North America.
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