The Ultimate List of Upcoming Sports 2024
Forget the usual suspects, 2024 is all about betting on the underdog. We’ve collated the ultimate list of sports viewing statistics, detailing the events that are rapidly rising in popularity. Want to know where the opportunities are in sports betting? Start here.
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What sporting events are on the up?
The ones to watch (and to get ahead of). These sporting events have been experiencing a rapid increase in viewership in the past few years.
Viewership of the Women’s FIFA World Cup almost doubled between 2019 and 2023.
ESPN platforms’ full slate of College Football bowls in 2024 averaged 4.6 million viewers across 40 total games.
The number of Americans who follow judo represents one of the largest increases for any sport over this time span.
Though huge in the US, global growth in engagement with the NBA can be linked to international stars.
The increase in eSports viewership is up massively due to the post-Covid boom.
Soccer is rising up the ranks of popularity in the US, driven mainly by younger audiences.
Due to an increase in viewership Caesars will offer betting on swimming at the 2024 Aquatics World Championships.
Padel’s Hexagon Cup will be streamed for the first time in 2024 on Eurosport+.
The Winter Olympics grow in popularity every year, driven by big hitters like figure skating and bobsleigh.
Social media and Google searches soared over the men’s qualifying combined sport climbing round during Tokyo 2020.
In 2023, a record number of people tuned in for the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) World Championship.
The 2023 Cycling World Championships saw unprecedented interest across the BMX category.
It’s not just viewership that’s increasing across the sporting world
Invalid traffic is on the up, and it’s costing you money.
Returning users
Chances are, a huge percentage of your digital marketing budget is wasted on existing customers using your ads as an entry point. We recently saw a company spend 97% of their branded keyword budget on existing customers, draining their spend and delivering zero conversions.
Bonus abuse
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These Stats Are Taken Straight From the Campaigns of Our 30+ Sports Betting Clients
Arm yourself with knowledge…
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