I have been wondering a lot lately what is more popular. I did a comparison on these three sports on google to see what people are searching for.
Golf is the orange, blue is soccer and red is hockey. Looks like hockey and soccer are neck and neck except for the 2006 World Cup for soccer. Golf is more popular. Hockey is definetly big in Canada look at the top 10 cities searching for hockey:
1. Winnipeg, Canada
2. Halifax, Canada
3. Calgary, Canada
4. Ottawa, Canada
5. Edmonton, Canada
6. London, Canada
7. Kitchener, Canada
8. Quebec, Canada
9. Montreal, Canada
10. Victoria, Canada
And in the region category you will see that the US ranks 3rd in hockey searches, preceeded by Canada and Sweden. English is not even the first language searching for hockey its, Swedish! English is second!