Ah, here's the original data source: https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/06/05/Research-and-Ratings/Viewership-trends.aspx … Based on Nielsen tv data, cable and broadcast. The article is very interesting. Two highlights: the audience for sport is aging less fast than for prime time tv; but faster than the US population as a whole.
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Per the discussion elsewhere in the thread, the original data source is much more interesting, and discusses the shift to digital (which the first article ignores).
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Some of this is because watching most of these sports requires cable, and most young people today never had and never will have a traditional cable subscription. It’s a massive distribution rupture.
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It's unclear if that's the reason, given the opacity of the data. But yeah, may be true. I've never had cable, hope that makes me young

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Does this include web viewing? It doesn't include illegal steaming that skews young.
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I wondered the same, but couldn't find the data source.
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Wonder what the age is on “new” sports eg crossfit and esports
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That is very interesting. I see the same thing in antique stores....
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Don't notice baseball there ...
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What are the stats on sports highlights on YouTube and shared on social?
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