A new study by TopUSCasinos.com uses search and social media data to rank the top 5 favorite sports in California.
Football is revealed as the Californian’s favorite sport, shortly followed by gold, soccer, baseball, and basketball!
With the gold coast being home to famous athletes of baseball, football, and more, there is no doubt California is full of sporting super-fans, too. But, have you ever caught yourself wondering which sports are most popular in the area?
A new study by TopUSCasinos.com has uncovered the favorite sport in Cali.
To determine the favorite sport, TopUSCasinos.com analyzed Google search data and the number of positive social media sentiments for all top sports, and the results are in!
Taking the trophy is Football as Californian crowds prove to be huge super fans, totaling more search data and positive social media activity than any other game!
Slightly behind we have golf, followed by soccer, baseball, and basketball!
The top 5 can be found below:
| Rank | Sport | Index Score |
| 1 | American Football | 1.92 |
| 2 | Golf | 1.86 |
| 3 | Soccer | 1.24 |
| 4 | Baseball | 1.15 |
| 5 | Basketball | 1.11 |
Methodology
Photo: Sandhills ExpressTo bring the people of California their five favorite sports, it was first important to consider both Google search volume data and social media sentiment data for each sport.
Giving each of ten different sports a value for each of these two factors, we ranked them accordingly. From here, each California sport was assigned an index score between 0-1, relative to their ranked position, for each of the two factors.
By combining the two index scores, we were able to give each sport a score between 0-2 to find the top five across California.
To view the full report please visit, here.
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