The table presents the data on how the engagement in different types of sports has changed for americans aged 18 and 34, during the given period of 2010 and 2014.
Overall, the year 2014 showed a higher amount of sportsmans comparing with 2010. For instance, it can be absorbed that running was the most popular type of sport with about 13.5 million of participant, even though it was lower by a narrow margin in 2014.
Taking the least popular activities first, it is noticeable that sports, such as baseball and softball, were the least favoured with only 3.8 million for the former, and 4 million for the latter. Furthermore, the following year it has only decreased by approximately 2 million. Basketball and yoga take the second place in this category, with have an equal number of participants of 9 million, however, in 2014 experienced slightly different trends.
Moving on to the most preferred sports, there is a pattern spectated that running was by far the first sport, which people adorred, constituting about 15 million. Moreover, running experienced a double rocket in 2014. Regarding weightlifting and swimming, they were almost as high as running during the first year, but in 2014 declined slightly.