While baseball’s longtime claim as “America’s National Pastime” has come under question over the past few decades, Major League Baseball came in a strong second to the National Football League in a recent Harris Interactive poll among American sports fans.
The NFL remained the most popular sport in the USA, topping the list with 31 percent. MLB came in second at 16 percent, ahead of NCAA college football (12%), NASCAR auto racing (8%), the National Basketball Association (6%) and the National Hockey League (5%).
Though the most recent poll has baseball in a fairly strong position, there’s some work to be done. Since Harris Interactive began asking the question in 1985, the NFL’s popularity has increased by seven points in the intervening years, while MLB has dropped seven points over the same period. The most recent survey was conducted in December among nearly 2,400 USA adults, during the peak of the NFL season and MLB’s offseason.
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