How popular is your team? (Nate Silver and Google Trends reveal)

[RedBlackAttack]

Cleveland is GOAT at relevancy due to being atrocious

Cavs and Pistons are both very impressive in that respect.

[tgan3]

Surprise that clippers and thunder are so low...
Pistons are also high, again they are a storied franchise which can explain the high searches but their performance in recent years are dismal.

[ihoopallday]

Thunder and Warriors aren't even in top 10 Pacers fans aren't there, Blazers aren't there, and Grizzlies are almost last

You do realize most Thunder fans are really Kobe fans right. Whoever is closest to dethroning LeBron is who Kobe fans will root for. No one really gives a **** about OKC. I remember the Boston vs. Heat playoff match up in 2012. We had Laker fans rooting for Boston to win.

[FLDFSU]

You do realize most Thunder fans are really Kobe fans right. Whoever is closest to dethroning LeBron is who Kobe fans will root for. No one really gives a **** about OKC. I remember the Boston vs. Heat playoff match up in 2012. We had Laker fans rooting for Boston to win.

Been saying it for weeks now. Nobody cares about Durant. They are Kobe fans.

If Paul George was KD, these same fans would be Indy fans/PG stans

[mr.big35]

surprised that pistons are that high in this list. we have been irrelevant for the last 5 years. least favorite team in detroit.

[aj1987]

I wanna see how popular the Heat were pre-2010

Not really sure, but definitely more popular than the Rockets, considering the fact that Miami has Shaq and won a title.

[AnaheimLakers24]

True fans stick to their teams no matter what

[kwajo]

I wanna see how popular the Heat were pre-2010

If you read the article, you'd know this is is based on data from the past 10 years, not just today.

[MrC1991]

The Bulls are always filling up the United Center.

[JellyBean]

Minnesota not in last place? That is what I'm talking about.

[It's A VC3!!!]

Again, these numbers are taken from the last 10 years of google searches. We should find and look at the last two or three years of google trend numbers instead of the last 10.

[zoom17]

You do realize most Thunder fans are really Kobe fans right. Whoever is closest to dethroning LeBron is who Kobe fans will root for. No one really gives a **** about OKC. I remember the Boston vs. Heat playoff match up in 2012. We had Laker fans rooting for Boston to win.

[Xsatyr]

Do they have google in China?

[ralph_i_el]

Do they have google in China?

they call it "googer"

[BuffaloBill]

2nd (Leafs), 11th (Raptors), and 14th (Jays).

Not bad. Raptors do get the "middle sibling" treatment in terms of being featured in Toronto, though.

7th (Spurs), 12th (Rangers), 1st (Cowboys) for me


Surprised the rangers aren't a bit more popular