Such small numbers compared to the NFL

Elversberg bigger than PSG

I'm always suprised at the quality of lower league German stadiums

Well I'm not surpried, fan culture is insane in Germany and with massive, classic Bundesliga clubs like Hamburg, Nurnberg, Hannover, Dusseldorf etc, the numbers are guaranteed to be high.

Germany also has a significantly larger population than countries like England and Spain.

Too busy farming

Wonder where the Championship ranks. Some big clubs in there currently.

Ah yes the top 5 leagues

I mean, out stadiums are small af too. Paris' max amount is like 42k.

It helps that some very big clubs are there

Germany is wealthy, has nice big stadiums. Also, Germany has 85m people, bigger cities, bigger supporter groups, bigger everything than the whole rest of Europe. It’s no surprise that they score big in this kind of statistics.

No surprise, people don't care about football in France as much as say in Germany, Spain or Italy. It's getting more popular among those of immigrant descent in France, but not so much among the general population.

I visited Karlsruhe during a Schalke game at it was filled with Schalke supporters haha.

If you have stadiums big enough and tickets cheap enough, people will turn up and you'll get numbers like this.

The average cost of a season ticket in the Championship is £451, the average cost of a German second division season ticket is £178~

Germany has a big and spread out population as well, which probably helps. If Paris had 10 football teams in Ligue 1 like London does in the Barcleys, their attandence could be a lot higher

Average capacity in the 2. Bundesliga is 34 948, by the way.

Not surprised. Ive been living in Paris for a couple years now and even though I have so many friends that are huge football fans there isnt a big “going to the stadium” fan base. I’ve talked to friends and other people that have been living in Paris all their life and are fans of PSG and have never been to a game in their life. Even though there are specificities to this like the fact that its super expensive to go watch a game at the Parc des Princes I believe it also has to do with the fact that the culture of going to your team’s game just isnt as big here.

Saudi Pro League not in the top 5, no?

And yet the powers that be, seems to think that Qatar Sports Investments and privately owned Super clubs is the best model for the future of the game.

what about rugby?

MLS in USA is 22,094