Sports Popularity Trends

by research staff

Google launched a new service called Google Trends. Google Trends lets you compare the world's interest in various topics.

It's interesting to see the seasonal ebb and flow of interest in different sports. Search volume in the top graph and news volume is the lower graph.

Here are some sports popularity trends as Google sees them:
(clicking on the graph will take you to the full Google Trends result)

NHL     NASCAR




NHL     NBA




NHL     NFL




NY Rangers     NJ Devils




Sidney Crosby     Alexander Ovechkin




Jaromir Jagr     Joe Thornton





Yankees     Mets