The bar graph compares the popularity of 6 specific sports among surveyed citizens in the United Kingdom in 3 five-year intervals, which started in 1995.
Overall, it is clear that football was the most prevalent sport among English people. Meanwhile, all other counterparts are significantly less loved.
Football remained the favorite sporting activity over the course of 15 years, with more than 40% of UK players opting for it. In 1995, the second most-favorite sport was snooker, which had a participation rate of 30%, followed closely by tennis. In the next 5 years, swimming overtook snooker and became the second most prevalent sport in 2000, almost reaching a 30% participation rate, decreasing to 25% in the next 5 years. In the same period, snooker and tennis had dipped down to around 20% and remained there.
Rugby and Gold are not as popular among the surveyed subjects as the other sports, with both reaching around 25% interest rates in 1995. Rugby witnessed a drastic decrease of 5% before peaking at back up at 27% in 2005, while golf fluctuated around 27% in the 3 five-year intervals.