I read somewhere that cricket is the second most popular sport in the world; is this true?

hmmm....don't believe everything you read.I read somewhere that cricket is the second most popular sport in the world; is this true?
yes, its the second most popular ';Team'; sport, right after soccer(football),


it has a very organized international structure a 'world cup' and year round world cricket that is played all over the world.


its played in over 80-90 countries, it has a World Cricket league format which has over 30 Nations , which are considered affiliate members of ICC,





Basketball, Rugby and Hockey(field) would all be close 3rd, ice hockey, baseball would follow after that.I read somewhere that cricket is the second most popular sport in the world; is this true?
it's false, baby
Bet there is no definitive answer to ';What is the most popular sport in the World?';.





It is claimed that swimming is THE most popular, merely virtue of the fact that everybody swims ... although not as a sport, just for leisure.





On that premise, surely Running'; and ';Walking'; would also be considered as popular.





I have also heard that it be claimed that Fishing is also the most popular. I suppose most people have tried it at least once. But if you consider that huge parts of the world is nowhere near water, then I would doubt it.





Cricket probably is one of the most popular competetive sports, due to the fact that huge amounts of population play it, especially when you take in to account it's popularity in places like India, Pakistan and the rest of the Indian sub-continent.





However, that also asks the question on what sports do they play in other highly populated countries like China and Russia.





So, yes, cricket is probably one of the most popular, but the definition of sport has to be refined, and population habits explored to have a definitive answer.
no
no its not
I thought grass hoppers were.
probably yes as india has the 2nd highest population in the world