The Most Watched Sports in the UK is Football, only because you
cant get away from it, its always on the TV, the second most
watched sport at the moment is Cricket when Football is not on that
is, but if you would like to know what the second most popular
sport is. well its Hockey ("Field") after Football that is but
unfortunately it is hardly on the TV at all and Rubgy, Cricket is
probably in the top 5
The most watched sports game ever is believed to be the FIFA World Cup final in 2018, where over a billion people tuned in to watch France vs. Croatia. Other highly-viewed events include the Super Bowl, UEFA Champions League final, and Olympic opening ceremonies.
Most Watched Summer OlympicsThe most watched Summer Olympic Sport has to be the basketball games. Because all of the stars that are playing for the teams are mostly in the NBA. When watching these stars play in the Olympics you can see them playing their hearts out for their countries.
The following figures are for Aystralia's most watched sports by attendance at games. Figures are not available for television's most watched sports.
Australian Rules football (AFL), with an attendance rate of 16%
Horse-racing (13%)
Rugby league (9%)
Motor sports (9%)
Cricket (5%)
Rugby Union (4%)
Soccer (4%)
Harness racing
Dog racing
Basketball (2%)
Tennis (2%)
Netball (1%)
Most of the above sports were usually attended by people who watched a single game over a one-year period; this included attendees at dog racing, harness racing, horse racing, motor sports and tennis. By contrast, those who attended netball, Australian Rules football, basketball and soccer attended more than one game.
The Fifa World Cup is the most watched sporting event in the
whole wide world, in terms of the numbers who watched the entire
event. However, the single most watched sporting event in history
has been the India - Pakistan semi - final of the cricket world
cup, 2011, which was watched by over 1 billion people. In
comparision 'only' about 750 million watched the finals of the FIFA
world cup.
I am Indonesian and I am not sure the exact answer but Soccer
(football) has a huge follower in the country. Badminton and
basketball also are popular sports in the country.