SportsIndex 2017 Annual Report
SportsIndex 2017 Annual Report
Welcome to the SportsIndex 2017 Annual Report, the fourth in a series of annual reports comparing the UK general public’s perception of 60 leading domestic and international sports events.
Covering 17 sports sectors simultaneously, SportsIndex measures all 60 events across a comprehensive range of 16 metrics on a daily basis, including buzz, impression, quality, reputation, brand awareness and consideration.
SMG Insight’s report ranks events by their buzz score – the net difference between the amount of respondents hearing positive news and those hearing negative news about an event during the course of the year. In-depth analysis and year-on-year comparisons provide a detailed picture of where each event sits in the current sporting landscape, whilst the ‘Summary by Sport’ section examines the results by sporting category
SportsIndex Report Headlines
- Five new events enter the Top 10: whilst Rio reigns supreme as the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games take the top spots, other new entries include:
- Twenty20 Cricket – English cricket’s NatWest T20 Blast goes from strength to strength, boosting the sport’s popularity
- Tour de France – jumps up the rankings following a year-on-year surge in buzz fueled by the dominance of British cyclists
- English Premier League – achieves its best buzz score in four years as major news stories grab the back page headlines
- The Wimbledon Championships, last year’s top event, continues to boast a strong and static buzz level, keeping a firm hold on its special place in the British sporting calendar, as does the Six Nations Rugby Championship.
- Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan takes the sport to new heights as the World Snooker Championship leaps 32 places in the rankings, reaching the Top 20 for the first time ever.
- Buzz around the ATP World Tour Finals, Scottish Premiership, International Triathlon World Cup and NBA Basketball places all four events amongst the best year-on-year improvers in this year’s report.
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