According to Google, Wrexham AFC is more popular than every MLS team in the United States except Inter Miami. The 2024 data is from Google Trends, Google’s website that analyzes the popularity of top search queries in Google Search across various regions and languages.
Owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Wrexham AFC is currently riding a wave of success after — spoiler — the team was promoted to League One. The team’s incredible rise and the popularity of the Welcome to Wrexham TV series has jettisoned The Red Dragons into countless conversations in the United States about soccer. Season 3 of the hit TV series debuts May 2nd on FX and Hulu.
Wrexham more popular than MLS teams? Here’s what the research shows:
Looking closely at the data from Google Trends, the criteria measured each MLS team separately against Wrexham AFC based on searches made in the United States from January 1 through April 14, 2024.
The results of the data are eye-opening. For instance, they reveal:
Nationwide, Wrexham is more popular than every MLS team except for Inter Miami. Led by captain Lionel Messi, The Herons are more popular than Wrexham in 48 out of the 50 states. In Montana and Alaska, Wrexham is more popular. However, no other MLS team comes anywhere close to dominating Wrexham like Inter Miami does based on searches in Google.
In its state, and only its state, every MLS team is more popular than Wrexham except for one club. Outside of their state, there’s a big dropoff in interest in MLS teams. For instance, MLS Cup champions Columbus Crew are more popular than Wrexham in Ohio. Outside of Ohio, Wrexham is more popular than The Crew in the other 49 states.
The sole MLS team that is less popular than Wrexham in its state is San Jose. Wrexham is more popular than the Earthquakes in all fifty states, including California.
There are only five MLS teams that are more popular than Wrexhamoutside of their own state. Those are Charlotte…
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Author : Christopher Harris
Publish date : 2024-04-16 14:22:54
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