Annual attendance at live sports events in Japan 2024, by sport

Published by
Alexandru Arba,
Apr 7, 2025

According to a survey conducted in Japan between June to July of 2024, the live sporting event with the highest number of attendances in Japan was professional baseball, with an estimated 32.31 million total visits. The second most popular type of sporting event to spectate in person was professional soccer, with 17.75 million visits.

Number of attendances at live sports events in Japan in 2024, by sport (in millions)

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Release date

March 2025

Region

Japan

Survey time period

June 7 to July 7, 2024

Number of respondents

3,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

Estimated participants: Calculated by applying the participation rate to the population of 104,716,185 people 18 years old and over (from the basic resident register on January 1st, 2013). The annual figures were calculated by multiplying the estimated number of spectators with the average frequency of people watching games per year.

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