The Happiest, Angriest, Most Loyal & More Fans In The NFL

Have you wondered how NFL fans are feeling about their favorite teams this year?

With football season in full swing, how are most NFL fans feeling about their favorite team? Are they happy? Maybe a bit sad?

We wanted to find out so we got over 19,000 NFL fans to answer our survey. How do they score each emotion for their team and season on a scale from 1 – 10?

Some fans are obviously very happy and optimistic about the coming seasons. While other teams and fans… well not so much. You can probably guess which ones.

We asked people about 5 different key emotions about their team:

  • Anger
  • Optimism
  • Happiness
  • Sadness
  • Loyalty

You can see the results for all 32 NFL teams below and the responses collected from at least 500 fans of each team.

NFL Fan Team Attributes

Same Data In Table Form

TeamsAngerLoyaltyOptimismSadnessHapiness
Bears88271
Texans33181
Jets77191
Jaguars521101
Lions661101
Commanders62282
Browns66292
Falcons55392
Dolphins54463
Vikings47283
Cardinals43383
Ravens67654
Giants76264
Panthers45364
Cowboys78664
Chargers11374
Bills510684
Eagles108635
Saints46645
Raiders73555
Bengals57565
Seahawks48636
Titans37736
Broncos47736
Colts27746
49ers38827
Steelers59837
Packers491047
Buccaneers23838
Rams22819
Patriots791019
Chiefs5910210

Study Methodology & Summary

Survey Questions:

  1. What is your favorite NFL team? (Multiple choice option with the ability to select 1 team)
  2. How Happy do you feel about (favorite team) on a scale from 1 to 10? (Multiple choice option with the ability to select 1 number)
  3. How Angry do you feel about (favorite team) on a scale from 1 to 10? (Multiple choice option with the ability to select 1 number)
  4. How Loyal do you feel to (favorite team) on a scale from 1 to 10? (Multiple choice option with the ability to select 1 number)
  5. How Optimistic do you feel about this season for (favorite team) on a scale from 1 to 10? (Multiple choice option with the ability to select 1 number)
  6. How Sad do you feel about (favorite team) on a scale from 1 to 10? (Multiple choice option with the ability to select 1 number)

Survey Time Frame:

The survey ran from October 13th to October 24th and collected a total of 19,736 responses that were deemed to be valid based on IP and user activity. A total of 4,590 responses were thrown out because they triggered bot red flags.

Survey Collection Method:

Posts to take a survey about your favorite NFL team were made on various large Facebook, Instagram and other social media locations. Additionally, the survey was promoted with paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram and targeted NFL fans.

After clicking these posts, each user took take to an automated survey, agreeing to have their answers collected.

An effort was made to target small market teams more to get the same response as larger market teams.

Survey Data Analysis:

For each NFL team, the threshold of at least 500 fans responding was met to ensure enough valid data was collected.

The fan responses from each team were grouped together and the mean was taken of all responses for each of the last 5 survey questions for fan groups of each team.

This data was used to create 5 scores for each emotion for each team based on the mean of the fans’ responses.

Raw Data: