cricket vs football
Compare cricket and football search interest over the past year with a simple trend chart.
Summary
football is searched more than cricket in this period, with an average gap of about 56 percent.
- cricket changed by about 17 percent from early to late period.
- football changed by about 18 percent from early to late period.
At a glance
- Average interest: cricket 19, football 43
- Peaks: cricket October 2025, football September 2025
- Recent trend: cricket steady, football rising
- Stability: cricket steady, football very choppy
- Head to head: cricket led 6 percent of the time, football led 94 percent
- Crossovers: 2, last on Sunday, 23 Mar 2025
Side by side
| Metric | cricket | football |
|---|---|---|
| Average interest | 19 | 43 |
| Recent trend | steady | rising |
| Stability | steady | very choppy |
| Peak month | October 2025 | September 2025 |
| Best month by average | November 2025 | September 2025 |
| Share of leading periods | 6% | 94% |
| Crossovers | 2 | Sunday, 23 Mar 2025 |
Deep dive
This view summarises how people searched for cricket and football over the last 12m. The chart shows monthly values from zero to one hundred where one hundred marks the local high for a term.
Breaking the period into thirds, averages were: early cricket 18 and football 49, middle cricket 19 and football 23, recent cricket 21 and football 54.
The two lines crossed 2 times. The most recent crossover was on Sunday, 23 Mar 2025, which hints at changing interest.
cricket peaked in October 2025, while football peaked in September 2025.
cricket looks steady with a steady trend. football looks very choppy with a rising trend.
What this means
Scores come from Google Trends. Each series is scaled to its own peak within the chosen period. Use the chart to compare direction and timing rather than total search counts.