The provided table illustrates the results of surveys of people in the UK, carried out in three different decades. It shows the percentage of UK residents interested in certain sports.
Overall, the proportion of people interested in football stood out as the most prominent over the period, despite decreasing slightly. Golf followed distantly, and it mirrored the trend of football. However, Judo was cited as the least popular, with the most pronounced decrease over the period.
Starting with the football category, it remained comfortably the leading sport over the period, despite experiencing an insignificant decline, from 59% to 56%. Additionally, golf ranked as the second most popular sport, constituting 28% in 1990, before decreasing slightly to 26%. Ultimately, the proportion of people interested in judo showed a much lower rate of preference, standing at 9% in the initial year and representing a more marked decline than others, at 4% in 2010.
Those decreases were in stark contrast to the figures for the remaining sport activities. The percentage of individuals interested in rugby exhibited a two-fold rise to 24% from 12% between 1990 and 2010. Notably, cricket witnessed a negligible increase, ranging from 12% to 14% over the three decades. Swimming, however, fluctuated slightly, with 15%, growing by three percentage points by 2000, then it experienced a marginal dip to 16% in 2010.