Between the 8 billion people living on Earth and the 8,000 sports that exist, most people have played a sport at least once in their life. In this article, you will find the three most popular sports ranked in the order of their popularity.
1. Soccer. The number of people that are registered soccer players is over 240 million people. There are approximately 3.5 billion fans from all over the world.
Â
2. Cricket. The amount of registered cricket players ranges over 30 million. There are around 2.5 billion fans (although it is not as popular in the United States).
 3. Hockey. There are over 1.64 million registered ice hockey players. The number of registered field hockey players is unknown. There are estimated to be 2 billion fans.
These are only the top three of the world’s most popular sports. It is important to know that these are only estimations of registered players, therefore these numbers do not include everyone who plays these sports.
