PHOENIX, Ariz. — The 2023 Sports activities & Health Trade Affiliation’s (SFIA) Topline Participation Report was launched in the present day, asserting that pickleball continued to be America’s fastest-growing sport for the third yr in a row.
In line with the report, pickleball participation nearly doubled in 2022, growing by 85.7 % year-over-year and by an astonishing 158.6 % over three years.
“After anticipating the 2023 SFIA report and its insightful findings, we had been thrilled to see additional evidence-based analysis that confirms pickleball’s momentum and exponential development continued final yr,” mentioned Stu Upson, USA Pickleball Chief Government Officer. “This knowledge from the Sports activities & Health Trade Affiliation is effective for our crew’s efforts to construct the pickleball group and attain new mainstream audiences, as the game collectively reaches new heights.”
Pickleball is now as much as a complete of 8.9 million gamers in the US over the age of six years outdated, a rise from 4.8 million within the 2022 SFIA Report. Tom Cove, SFIA President and Chief Government Officer, acknowledged in his Government Abstract that “you will discover the pickleball craze is alive and nicely, nonetheless the quickest rising sport in the US.”
The annual SFIA Topline Participation report offers a complete snapshot of all sports activities, health, and recreation actions in the US for the earlier yr. SFIA analysis is the main provider of sports activities and health analysis, publishing over 100 trade reviews every year on trade and product classes. An in depth SFIA report on pickleball might be launched shortly.
