[South American Overseas Chinese News Network compiled Zhang Kang report on November 17] The global sports survey agency IBOPE Repucom recently released the 2020 digital ranking survey report of various Brazilian sports federations, showing that the number of "fans" of the Brazilian Football Association (CBF) resides first place.
Brazil’s “amazonasatual” website reported on the surveyed “Youtube” (Youtube), “Facebook” (Facebook), “TikTok” (TikTok), “Photo Wall” (Instagram) and “Twitter” (Twitter) Among the five major social networking sites, the official account of the Brazilian Football Association has a total of 24,960,613 followers, far exceeding the second-ranked Brazilian Volleyball Association (CBV, 1165969 followers). Among football teams around the world, CBF's attention also tops the list. José Colagrossi, director of
IBOPE Repucom, said: "Our analysis shows that CBF has the world's leading number of followers on social networks, which shows that Brazil is a well-deserved hometown of football and has the highest status in this regard. But this research also shows that there is still a lot of room for improvement in encouraging Brazilian fans to participate in their favorite sports." According to surveys, the postponement of the 2020 Olympics has not really affected the sports federations’ new followers. . Since the last edition of the rankings was released last year, more than 2 million new users have been added to the official websites of these sports federations, of which 77% (1.5 million) have followed the Brazilian Football Association. In addition, there are four other federations that have outstanding performance in the number of new users, namely the Brazilian Volleyball Association, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (CBJJ), the Brazilian Basketball Association (CBB) and the Brazilian Futsal Federation (CBFS) . In this year’s rankings, football is far ahead, followed by volleyball. Then came Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (879164 followers), Athletics (604343 followers), and Futsal (532619 followers). The Brazilian Skateboarding Association (CBKs) ranked 13th with more than 100,000 followers, two positions higher than last year. There are many reasons for the increase in the sport’s attention. In addition to the hope that Brazilian skateboarders will make their debut in the Olympics next year, the two park and street skateboarding world championships held in São Paulo have also had a positive impact. .
Coragrosi concluded: “As the Olympic Games are postponed to 2021, it is very important for Brazil to increase the popularity of Olympic sports. Extreme sports such as skateboarding have the potential to attract more young people and socialize on Douyin Prominence in the media may eventually form a new trend in the next few years."
