Jastra Kranjec
Sports Editor
European Football Market Hit €29.5B Value; Nearly 60% of that Figure Comes from the “Big Five” Leagues
Jastra Kranjec • Aug 15 2023Over the past two decades, European football clubs grossed tens of billions of euros from broadcasting rights, matchday, and sponsorships, with revenues surging each year. Last season, they hit an…
Britons Spent Nearly $20B on Online Sports Bets in Five Years
Jastra Kranjec • Aug 9 2023In 2023, the gross gambling revenue in the online sports betting industry, or the total value of wagers minus payouts, will hit $43.5bn. Around 10% of that value will come…
Women’s Super League Clubs’ Average Attendance Nearly Tripled in 2022/23 Season
Jastra Kranjec • Jul 19 2023Although still far below Premier League’s viewership numbers, women’s football in England saw surging revenues and attendance levels last season. According to data presented by SportsLens.com, Women’s Super League Clubs`…
Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala Tops the Golden Boy Index with a Score of 98.3, Ahead of Jude Bellingham, Gavi, and António Silva
Jastra Kranjec • Jul 17 2023The European football scene has quite a few young, promising talents who showed their tremendous potential last season and are on their way to becoming valuable assets worth millions in…
Nike is the World’s Most Powerful Sportswear Brand with Media Impact Value™ (MIV®) of $2.6B, $450M more than Adidas
Jastra Kranjec • Jul 12 2023As one of the largest and most recognizable brands on the planet, Nike holds the biggest share of the global sportswear market, generating more revenue than any of its competitors….
Bundesliga had the Highest Average Attendance of All European Football Leagues of 43,000 in the 2022/23 Season
Jastra Kranjec • Jul 10 2023With roughly 3.5 billion fans worldwide, football is undoubtedly one of the most popular sports. So, it is no surprise that matches played in major soccer leagues count their spectators…
Novak Djokovic is the Highest-Earning Tennis Player in History with $169.8M in Total Prize Money, $30M more than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
Jastra Kranjec • Jul 6 2023Novak Djokovic`s immense physical gifts, an impressive desire to keep improving his game, and a brutal training regime have made him the tennis equivalent of LeBron James. The 36-year-old tennis…
Console Gaming Losing Momentum; Entire Market to Grow by a Modest 1.6% and Hit a $61B Value by 2026
Jastra Kranjec • Jul 5 2023While PCs have always been the number one choice for serious gamers, gaming consoles have also grown their global user base immensely over the past decade. Still, the positive momentum…
World’s Five Highest-Paid Athletes Grossed $616M in 2023, $60M more than Last Year
Jastra Kranjec • Jun 20 2023For years, the world’s highest-paid athletes have been making hundreds of millions of dollars through their heavy contracts and endorsements, but 2023 set a new record. The Middle-Eastern cash flowing…
Global 5G Subscriptions to Triple and Hit 5.9 Billion by 2027
Jastra Kranjec • Jun 7 20235G continues scaling faster than any previous mobile generation, despite the macroeconomic challenges. According to data presented by SportsLens.com, global 5G subscriptions are expected to hit a massive 1.9 billion…
NFL’s Total Attendance Increased by 1.6 million in Five Years
Jastra Kranjec • May 31 2023Playing the world’s top-grossing sport brings millions of fans on social media and in stadiums, watching live games. Although total attendance at regular season games of the National Football League…
US Sports Fans to Spend $13B on Sports Tickets this Year, 2.5x More than Britons, Chinese, Japanese and Canadians Combined
Jastra Kranjec • May 28 2023Although ticket prices for all sports events have gone up over the past years, sports fans are still willing to pay more. However, US sports fans continue spending way more…
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Have the Highest-Paid Team in NFL; Total Player Payroll Hit $304M
Jastra Kranjec • May 22 2023During their professional careers, the world’s best NFL players earn hundreds of millions through heavy contracts and eye-popping endorsement deals. While some might think that Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles…
LeBron James is NBA’s All-Time Scoring Leader with 38,652 Points- 6,360 more than Michael Jordan
Jastra Kranjec • May 16 2023With each game, NBA’s all-time scoring champion, LeBron James, puts more distance between himself and all other players whose names are written in basketball’s Hall of Fame, including a true…
PlayStation Game Unit Sales Dropped by 13% YoY to 264.2M in FY 2022
Jastra Kranjec • May 16 2023As the largest player in the console gaming market, Sony continues grossing record revenue from PlayStation sales. In the fiscal year 2022, which ended on March 31st, PlayStation users spent…