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The Cost of Fandom Report: How Fan Spending Shapes Sponsorship Value

Sponsorship value depends on understanding not only how much fans spend, but why they spend and where financial pressure affects [...]

The Rise of Women’s Football 2025 Report: What It Means for Sports Sponsorship

Sports sponsorship is playing a central role in the commercial growth of women’s football. The Rise of Women’s Football report [...]

The Sponsorship Effect Report: What It Means for Sponsorship Effectiveness

Sponsorship effectiveness has for too long been judged by reach, impressions, and/or logo visibility alone. The Sponsorship Effect report, from [...]

Nielsen 2025 Global Sports Report: What It Means for Sports Sponsorship Strategy

Sports sponsorship strategy needs to reflect how fans now watch, follow and respond to sport. Nielsen’s 2025 Global Sports Report [...]

Global Running Culture 2025 Report: What It Tells Us About Runners

Running culture is becoming more social, local and identity-led. The SportOnSocial Global Running Culture 2025 report, created by Redtorch in [...]

New Music Fans Research Report

YouGov’s New Music Fans Research report 2024 examines people in Britain who strongly agree that they like to discover new [...]

The Future of Sport 2024 Report: What It Means for Sponsorship Value

Sponsorship value is being reshaped by digital growth, younger fans, global competition, and trust. Deloitte’s The Future of Sport 2024 [...]

Global Sports Survey 2024 Report: What It Means for Sponsorship Strategy

PwC’s Global Sports Survey 2024 report surveyed 411 senior sports executives across 46 countries and found expected market growth of [...]

Sports Fans Are Changing the Game Report

Nielsen’s Sports Fans Are Changing the Game report shows that fandom has moved beyond the old live-event model, with streaming, [...]

American Sports Fans Report

American sports fans are not one simple audience. Ipsos’ Sports in America report shows that US fandom is shaped by [...]