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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- What you need to know
- Opportunities
- Outlook
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OPPORTUNITIES
- Build on the affective and social power of spectator sports
- Embrace rising participation in times of crisis
- Leverage the mood-boosting effects of watching sports
- Transform spectator sports into social hubs
- Balance traditional sports viewing habits with a push for innovation
- Revolutionise sports with a focus on entertaining match formats
- Make it big
- Innovate through cross-category collaborations
- Rethink financing models to foster participation
- Elevate tech to enhance the viewing experience
- Make sports watching more immersive…
- …with emerging tech
- Promote the benefits of tech to resonate with younger audiences
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CONSUMER
- Live sports watched
- Participation in watching live sports is rising across generations…
- Graph 1: participation in watching live sports in the last 12 months, by generation, 2022, 2025
- …with sport viewers watching more types of sports
- Graph 2: repertoire of types of sports watched live, 2023, 2025
- Germans watch sport to find relief
- Football maintains its lead
- Graph 3: live sports watched in the last 12 months, 2023, 2025
- Tennis experiences a renaissance…
- …influencing launches in other categories
- American football struggles in a competitive sports market
- Let me entertain you
- Football lacks interest among younger generations…
- …with new types of football entering the market
- Fast pace and thrilling atmosphere
- Embrace family sports fever
- Help families to spend time outdoors…
- …and appeal to Gen Alpha as an emerging target group
- Methods of watching live sports
- TV makes the superstar
- Graph 4: methods of watching live sports in the last 12 months – NET, 2023, 2025
- Leverage social watching experiences to increase participation among women
- Embrace the atmosphere of ice hockey and football events
- Graph 5: methods of watching live sports in the last 12 months, by type of sports, 2025
- Strengthen ties with ice hockey fans
- The fight for broadcasting rights
- Interest in additional spectator sports offers
- Capitalise on the interest in additional offers
- Graph 6: interest in additional offer from athletes/sports teams, 2025
- Boost mood to increase spending
- Capture Gen Z’s loyalty through fan engagement…
- …and community-building initiatives
- Leverage tech to improve the viewing experience…
- … in a competitive entertainment market…
- …by taking inspiration from Netflix and Google for second screen usage
- Barriers towards watching live sports
- Attending sports events isn’t for everyone…
- Graph 7: barriers towards watching live sports at an event, by participation in watching live sports, 2025
- …and the same holds for live sports coverage
- Graph 8: barriers towards watching live sports coverage, by participation in watching live sports, 2025
- Show non-sports viewers that watching sports is not only about the sport
- Use price incentives to engage sports viewers
- Attitudes and behaviours
- Sponsorships are a fundamental part of sports
- Graph 9: behaviours towards spectator sports, 2025
- Focus on family-friendly sponsors
- Leverage sponsorships to foster honest communication…
- …and make influencer collaboration more effective
- adidas redefines being German
- GUCCI x Head show their shared passion
- Promote sports betting beyond football
- Tap into the excitement for women’s sports
- Combine women’s sport with charitable initiatives to engage with fans
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MARKET DRIVERS
- The impact of the economy on spectator sports
- Inflation is slowing in some categories…
- …with still rising prices for sports events
- Graph 10: consumer price index by category, 2024-25
- Spending remains cautious during multiple crises
- Health
- Younger generations‘ health is at the tipping point
- Graph 11: perception of general health for a person of one’s own age (NET), by generations, December 2024**
- Graph 12: perception of general health for a person of one’s own age (NET), by generations, January 2024*
- Times of crisis dampen spirits…
- …and social connections are needed
- Media landscape
- Germans seek a variety of media entertainment…
- Graph 13: usage of free media formats at least once a week, 2023 vs 2024
- …with a shift towards online entertainment
- Changing expectations for media entertainment
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APPENDIX
- Report scope and definitions
- Market definition
- Generations
- Abbreviations
- Methodology – consumer research
- Consumer research methodology
Mit steigenden Zuschauerzahlen ist der Sport für die Deutschen ein Stimmungsaufheller in wirtschaftlich schwierigen Zeiten. In einer wettbewerbsintensiven Medienlandschaft müssen Marken jedoch innovativ sein und den Schwerpunkt auf Unterhaltung legen, um relevant zu bleiben.
Silvia Hondt — Senior Research Analyst
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