A quick poll with over a 1000 smartphone owners in the UK revealed the most popular winter sports, plans to follow (or not) the games, and how will most be keeping track of the events.
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Will Brits watch the Winter Olympics in Sochi?
1. Winter Olympics
What will the Brits follow? And how?
On Device Research surveyed over 1000 smartphone
Users in the UK during the opening days of the
Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
The results offer a glimpse into the popularity
of the games, different events, and how
people plan to keep up with the largest sports
event of this winter.
2. Snowboarding the most popular
Q: Which event are you looking forward to the most?
34%
Snowboarding
38%
Ski
jumping
Figure
ska?ng
Ice
hockey
Alpine
skiing
Speed
ska?ng
Curling
Cross-‐country
skiing
Source: On Device Research, February 2014
N=1030 smartphone users in the UK
Photo: Matt Biddulph
18%
21%
15%
18%
11%
13%
47%
56%
11%
11%
11%
50%
36%
27%
f
k
3. Which brands do you think are the official
sponsors of the Sochi Winter Olympics?
Adidas
46.70%
Coca Cola
41.70%
Visa
37%
Nike
31.70%
McDonalds
27.60%
Barclay's
17.50%
Pepsi
British Airways
DHL
Source: On Device Research, February 2014
N=1030 smartphone users in the UK
13.30%
12%
7.20%
Official sponsors
Team GB sponsors
Not sponsoring
4. Winter Olympics has a youth problem
Almost half of the 18-24 year olds said they had no plans to
follow the games
90%
80%
I
will
try
to
follow
=
65%
average
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
No
plans
to
follow
the
Olympics
=
35%
average
0%
18-‐24
Q: Do you intend to follow the Sochi Winter Olympics?
Source: On Device Research, February 2014
N=1030 smartphone users in the UK
25-‐34
35-‐44
45-‐55
Over
55
5. TV still rules
Dozens of Olympic mobile apps shunned by all…
Q: How do you plan to follow the Sochi Winter Olympics?
92%
34%
27%
:
5
7
TV
Online
via
mobile/tablet
Online
via
computer
Source: On Device Research, February 2014
N=1030 smartphone users in the UK
22%
t
20%
K
Social
Media
(i.e.
Newspaper
Facebook,
TwiUer)
11%
Radio
7%
Olympics
mobile
app