Most watched sports on TV or the internet in Japan 2023, by sport

Published by
Alexandru Arba,
Apr 2, 2024

In a survey conducted in November 2023 in Japan, close to 50 percent of respondents stated that they watched the Japan national football team on TV or the internet during the past year. Other sports that were broadly watched included baseball, marathon (Ekiden) and figure skating.

Share of people watching sports on TV or the internet in Japan as of November 2023, by sport

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Release date

March 2024

Region

Japan

Survey time period

November 7 to 27, 2023

Number of respondents

40,000 respondents

Age group

18-79 years

Special properties

multiple answers possible; respondents who watched sports on TV or the internet within the past year; Tokyo 2020 Olympics viewing excluded

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

*Ekiden is a long-distance relay race.

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