With the games in Sochi coming to a close, numbers suggest that online viewership is at an all-time high. According to the Los Angeles Times, Olympics Fans are streaming 54% more digital content than they did during the Vancouver games just four years ago. With so many fans online, Digilant set out to understand what characteristics are indicative of the US Olympics audience. Here’s what we learned.
In general US Olympics Fans are 436% more likely to be interested in sports and they are 152% more likely to be interested in healthy living. They travel 127% more frequently than non-Olympics Fans and are 189% more likely than the average online user to be concerned about the environment. They watch other major sporting events such as the Super Bowl and March Madness and they have kids in their household. They are 73% more likely to be interested in music and the arts, 39% more likely to be business professionals and 47% more likely to be extraverts.
