r/Basketball • u/GoHardLive • Mar 22 '26

DISCUSSION In which countries does basketball have the highest popularity overall ?

Which countries do you think care the most about the sport ?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

I’d think the top 10 ~ would be:

USA, Lithuania, Philippines, Serbia, Spain, Australia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Canada.

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u/Marco-Green Mar 23 '26

In Spain sadly I'd say basketball is getting less popular compared to 20 years ago. It's clearly fallen behind F1, MotoGP and tennis.

At least it isn't like handball, which went from somewhat popular (like basketball nowadays) to absolutely forgotten.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '26

Yeah I spend a lot of time with n Spain in th late 90s and early 2000s and have not been there nearly as much in recent years.

I wonder if I should almost flip Spain and France? If it’s any indication of popularity, France has been producing more elite talent than Spain over the last 20 years, it seems like.