Here’s how the other major cities in Ohio fared:
- Cincinnati was ranked 18th overall and 2nd among midsize cities.
- Columbus came in 38th overall and 28th among large cities.
- Cleveland was 14th overall and 12th among large cities.
The top spot overall went to New York City. Florence, South Carolina took the 423rd spot.
On the midsize city rankings, Green Bay, WI took the top spot with Springfield, MA rounding out the list.
In terms of sports fandom by sport, on a scale from 1 being the best to 212 being average, Dayton ranked 64th in football, 65th in basketball, 35th in baseball, and 56th in soccer.
Dayton finished with a total score of 20.84. Eugene, OR (46th) and Memphis, TN (45th) each beat out Dayton by .01 points with 20.85.
Rankings were determined by weighing each sport based on total fan size, as determined by the 2014 edition of The Global Sports Media Consumption Report and then grading each sport's category on a 100-point scale. The resulting average of all the sports categories were used to determine the overall ranking.
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