From Football to Esports: The Most Popular Sports at the SEA Games According to Kurious-KIC

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Cindy Mutia Annur 16/05/2023 12:34 WIB

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Most Popular Sports Watched by Indonesian People at the SEA Games (May 2023)

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The 2023 SEA Games are currently underway in Cambodia from May 5th to 17th, 2023. Indonesia is one of the participating countries in this prestigious Southeast Asian sporting competition.

Thirty-six sports are being contested in the 2023 Cambodian SEA Games. So, which sports are most popular among Indonesian viewers?

According to a survey by the Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC), football is the most popular sport in the SEA Games 2023. 62.7% of respondents expressed interest in watching it.

Furthermore, 62.1% of respondents also stated interest in watching badminton. 33.6% of respondents indicated an interest in watching volleyball at the SEA Games 2023.

The remaining respondents showed less interest in swimming, basketball, athletics, rock climbing, esports, tennis, weightlifting, table tennis, boxing, and other sports, as shown in the graph above.

The survey also revealed that the majority of respondents are enthusiastic about the SEA Games 2023. 28.9% of respondents said they were very enthusiastic, and 24.8% were enthusiastic.

The remaining respondents were fairly enthusiastic (30%), not very enthusiastic (12.5%), and not at all enthusiastic (3.9%).

This survey was conducted among 464 respondents across various regions of Indonesia, with 56% male and 44% female respondents.

More than half of the respondents were from Java (excluding Jakarta) at 65.1%, followed by Jakarta (14%), and Sumatra (11.2%). The proportion of respondents from Kalimantan, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.4% to 3.2%.

Most respondents were aged between 35-44 years (33.4%), followed by the 25-34 year age group (25.9%) and the 45-54 year age group (24.1%).

The survey was conducted from May 8th to May 14th, 2023, using the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) method, with a margin of error of approximately 4.55% and a 95% confidence level.

Editor : Padjar Iswara

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