Which Championship club is most popular with viewers on Sky

Which Championship club is most popular with viewers on Sky Sports?

By Adam Smith

2nd March 2016


Derby County are the most-watched Championship team live on Sky, with Ipswich, Leeds and Middlesbrough also proving popular.

Sky Sports subscribers watched the Rams more than any other Championship club in 82 of 119 regions across the United Kingdom - resulting in a huge victory for the East Midlands club.

Ipswich were the UK's second-favourite team to watch, proving most popular in 10 regions, while Leeds and promotion-chasing Middlesbrough were joint third with eight strongholds each.


Sky Sports analysed the viewing habits of 500,000 Sky homes in 119 UK postcode areas to find out which Championship team had been watched live three or more times the most often since January last year.

Derby proved to be the most-watched Championship club across the UK

Only five other Championship teams secured regions: Wolves (six), Brighton (two), Nottingham Forest, QPR and Sheffield Wednesday (all one).

Derby are currently fifth in the Championship and challenging for promotion to the Premier League, despite parting company with manager Paul Clement last month.



Matt Roberts, Sky Sports' Head of Sports and News Research, said: "The majority of Championship fans tuning in to watch Championship games live on Sky were from the older generation, and Derby have figured in England's top two tiers since 1992/93 and were prominent in the old First Division throughout the '70s.

"However, what was surprising was the Rams' overwhelming majority of support across the UK. Many people expected Leeds, in particular, to win a considerably higher number of regions."

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Interesting stuff, unless I've misread it why are Ipswich so popular on the west coast of Scotland?

At least we are the most viewed championship in Wales.

At least we are the most viewed championship in Wales.

But we are not....... Derby are.... aren't they?

Derby are the most watched team in all Welsh regions.

Never knew Sheffield Wednesday has a massive fan base in Iceland

I've just looked at the map again, it doesn't make any sense does it?

isnt the number of live matches relevant here? teams near the top/play-off positions would have been shown much more often

isnt the number of live matches relevant here? teams near the top/play-off positions would have been shown much more often

They must be averaging the number of viewers across all games per team otherwise you are just the most watched team due to being shown more than others.

At least we are the most viewed championship in Wales.

But we are not....... Derby are.... aren't they?

Derby are the most watched team in all Welsh regions.

I was having a joke but perhaps I should said "the most viewed welsh side"in the championship.

The top islands are the Shetland Isles.

(Or perhaps the Sheffield Isles now!)

This is total bollocks, if a teams been on 10 times since last January then it's more likely in areas that don't have a Championship team that those shown a lot will have featured the most.