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In terms of ethnicity, Indian, coloured, and black individuals exhibit higher levels of interest and participation in sports compared to their white counterparts. As a result, soccer is still number one, but dancing and netball have replaced rugby and cricket. New entrants in the top 10 are extreme/adventure sports and jogging/park running/trail running, replacing billiards and tennis.A decade ago, the top sports activities predominantly comprised low-cost endeavours like soccer, walking, billiards, jogging, and dancing. In 2024, not much has changed in terms of popular sports, except for the emergence of more expensive and niche extreme/adventure sports.
In terms of other demographic shifts in sports people play, a larger percentage of golfers are 15-24-year olds, more so than than 35-49-year olds, or even 50+. The 50+ segment has however remained the main age group for fishing, along with hunting and shooting activities.The 2023 Rugby World Cup in France was the most watched rugby event of all time, with 1.33 billion viewing hours across all programming on linear and non-linear broadcast.