The National Football League has taken over as the nation's most popular sport. There isn't an institution in the country that does not have a revered football program or a favorite football franchise. Patrons across the United States funnel themselves into state of the art football stadiums to cheer on their favorite teams every week during football season. Without further ado, check out all 32 NFL teams ranked by their fan base below. The three factors include fan equity, road equity, and social equity.
First and foremost, this particular ranking system is not based on franchise popularity, emotional connection to a particular organization, or win/loss ratio. This is a data-based analysis utilizing a system called Fanalytics that measures three factors of each and every team's fan engagement with the NFL organizations they follow the closest.
These three factors include fan equity, road equity, and social equity. Fan equity is determined by home-game revenue that is generated by fans that wish to support their favorite team in a live setting. Road equity is determined by a fan bases willingness to travel outside of their home field to watch their team perform. Lastly, social equity is a fan's engagement with their favorite team via an online community. These factors allow us to reveal which fan bases willingness to spend money to support their favorite teams and their nationwide appeal.