Melbourne's 100,021 is the biggest crowd on this list, but Australia has only about 2,500 registered players. A huge one-off gate is not the same as deep local roots.
Back to the trend of the day: France puts Paris in NFL colors
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
NFL International Games Attendance by City 2026
Melbourne packed 100,021 people into its first NFL game, about 40 times the 2,500 registered players in all of Australia.
- No. 1: London
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
London
The deepest event record, peaking at 86,651 at Wembley. But a 2026 game drew 60,907 after price cuts, and Britain counts only 10,000+ registered players.
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron.In their lists: Meta: 1 · Grok: 1 · Gemini: 3 · StepFun: 2 · Kimi: 3 · DeepSeek: 2 · Wenxin: 1 · Qwen: 1
What each AI noted 8
- Metaplace 1
86,651 at Wembley in 2024 is London's peak – still the biggest London gate – while Tottenham's 61,322 sellout proves demand works in two stadiums
- Grokplace 1
Dozens of sellouts above 80,000 since 2007 at Wembley and Tottenham, with recent games still drawing 60k–86k even as novelty fades.
- Geminiplace 3
Has hosted 36 regular-season games with a peak single-match turnout of 86,215 at Wembley Stadium, while BAFA oversees 400 domestic teams nationwide.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 2
Nineteen straight years of NFL Saturdays: three games in eight days in October 2026, every one above 60,000 — demand no other city has sustained.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 3
45 games in 19 seasons and 86,651 at Wembley in 2024 — unmatched event demand built on thin local roots: AFVD's comparison puts all of Britain's registered federation membership at roughly 5,000, against Germany's 73,410.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
42 games since 2007, but the 2026 Colts-Commanders crowd was 60,907 after the NFL cut ticket prices.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 1
Three stadiums, 104,000-seat Tottenham, and a national federation with 7,000+ registered players — yet attendance dwarfs local roots.
- Qwenplace 1
The undisputed international capital of the league, where local amateur champions play at Wembley just like the pros.
8 AIs put it here - 2
Mexico City
Holds the international regular-season record of 103,467 (2005), and four later games drew 76,000–78,000. Roots include 100+ ONEFA college teams, but no registered-player count is published.
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron.In their lists: Meta: 3 · Grok: 2 · Gemini: 1 · StepFun: 1 · Kimi: 1 · DeepSeek: 4 · Wenxin: 2 · Qwen: 2
What each AI noted 8
- Metaplace 3
103,467 in 2005 still the all-time regular-season record outside US – 8th largest crowd in NFL history at the time
- Grokplace 2
Holds the all-time international record at 103,467 (2005) and still draws massive ticket demand years later.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 1
Drew 103,467 spectators to Estadio Azteca in 2005—the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history—backed by 90 years of domestic college rivalries in ONEFA.
- StepFunplace 1
The only city that holds the NFL's all-time attendance record — 103,467 — in a country where college football is already a 100-team tradition.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 1
112,376 for a 1994 preseason game — still the largest crowd ever to watch the NFL, bigger than any Super Bowl, at a stadium that holds three of the five biggest crowds in league history.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 4
Four games, all above 76,000 — yet Mexico’s federation does not publish city-level registered-player counts.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 2
Azteca's 100,000-seat thunder — but Mexico's pro leagues sit behind a tiny grassroots base of ~5,000.
- Qwenplace 2
Holds the all-time international attendance record from 2016, fueled by a massive 100-team college football ecosystem.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 3
Munich
Two sellouts near 70,000 rest on Germany's 73,410 registered players in 512 clubs. That is the best-measured match of draw and roots, though the counts are national, not Munich's.
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron.In their lists: Meta: 2 · Grok: 3 · Gemini: 4 · StepFun: 6 · Kimi: 2 · DeepSeek: 1 · Wenxin: 3 · Qwen: 3
What each AI noted 8
- Metaplace 2
69,811 sold out Allianz Arena in 2022 – NFL Network's most-watched international game in US at 5.8m viewers
Source ↗ - Grokplace 3
Sold-out Allianz Arena crowds of ~70k in a country with Europe’s strongest organized American football base.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 4
Generated 69,811 fans at Allianz Arena in 2022 alongside an estimated 3 million ticket queue requests, feeding on southern Germany's dense regional club grid.
- StepFunplace 6
69,811 in 2022, 70,132 in 2024, and games already booked for 2026 and 2028 — Germany's permanent NFL fixture.
- Kimiplace 2
Two games, two sellouts — 69,811 and 70,132 — sitting on top of Europe's deepest grassroots base: Germany's federation counts 73,410 registered members, more than Britain, France, Italy and Finland combined.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 1
770,000 people queued for about 75,000 seats in 2022 — more than double London’s typical demand, per the AP.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 3
Allianz Arena packed 86,000 — and Germany's 45,000 grassroots players make this the closest event-to-roots match.
- Qwenplace 3
Bavarian fans pack the Allianz Arena, backed by a national federation with over 73,000 registered members.
8 AIs put it here - 4
Frankfurt
Two 2023 sellouts near 50,000, and a Galaxy club averaging 7,251 in 2025. Yet one city study says 98% of the NFL crowd came from outside Frankfurt.
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron, Wenxin.In their lists: Meta: 7 · Grok: 10 · Gemini: 2 · StepFun: 5 · Kimi: 8 · DeepSeek: 5 · Qwen: 5
What each AI noted 7
- Metaplace 7
50,023 in Deutsche Bank Park Nov 5 2023 – Frankfurt hosted two games in 2023, both around 50k
Source ↗ - Grokplace 10
Multiple ~50k crowds at Deutsche Bank Park in Europe’s top American football nation.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 2
Deutsche Bank Park packs 50,144 fans in minutes, sustaining continuous gridiron loyalty that traces straight back to the 1991 World League Frankfurt Galaxy.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 5
Two 2023 games drew over 100,000 combined — but a city study found 98% of attendees came from outside Frankfurt itself.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 8
Two games at roughly 50,000 a pop — smaller than Berlin's or Madrid's crowds, but near 100% of capacity, and Frankfurt is where both Germany's federation and its most durable pro-football love affair live.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 5
Two 2023 games drew 50,023 and 50,144 — smaller than Munich, in a country with 73,410 registered players.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 5
Deutsche Bank Park proves the sport's deep roots in Hesse, sharing AFVD's massive national grassroots network.
Source ↗
7 AIs put it here - 5
Paris
Today's debut drew 78,488 by the NFL's count (AP says about 76,000). The league says 70% of tickets were bought locally, and France has 33,500+ licensed players.
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini, StepFun, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron, Kimi.In their lists: Meta: 6 · Grok: 4 · Gemini: 10 · StepFun: 10 · DeepSeek: 3 · Wenxin: 6 · Qwen: 6
What each AI noted 7
- Metaplace 6
78,488 at Stade de France Oct 25 2026 – 70% tickets bought locally despite protests, third-largest crowd outside Wembley per Saints Wire
- Grokplace 4
First-ever game drew a near-capacity 78,488 at Stade de France amid growing French federation numbers.
- Geminiplace 10
Slated 80,000 seats at Stade de France for regular-season play, while France's FFFA maintains 130 clubs and 28,000 federation participants.
- StepFunplace 10
France's first regular-season NFL game kicks off today — backed by the deepest domestic federation of any debut host, 33,500+ licensed players.
- DeepSeekplace 3
78,488 ticketed fans made the first Paris game the third-largest non-Wembley international crowd.
- Wenxinplace 6
NFL paints the city in red — yet France's 5,000+ players are spread thin and no game has landed.
- Qwenplace 6
The City of Light finally hosts a regular-season game in 2026, riding a domestic boom of over 33,500 licensed tackle and flag players.
Source ↗
7 AIs put it here - 6
Madrid
Nearly 700,000 people chased 78,610 seats, in a country with just 5,257 federation licences. Resale data shows 81% of buyers for the 2026 game came from abroad.
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron, StepFun.In their lists: Meta: 5 · Grok: 7 · Gemini: 8 · Kimi: 7 · DeepSeek: 6 · Wenxin: 10 · Qwen: 9
What each AI noted 7
- Metaplace 5
78,610 first Spain game Nov 16 2025 outdrew Clasico three weeks earlier; 700,000 tried to buy tickets
Source ↗ - Grokplace 7
78,610 at the Bernabéu on first visit, driven by high international ticket demand.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 8
Unlocks an 80,000-seat capacity at the renovated Santiago Bernabéu, presenting a stark contrast to Spain's FEFA base of under 60 active club teams.
- Kimiplace 7
78,610 at the Bernabéu — the stadium's biggest crowd since its rebuild — with nearly 700,000 people chasing tickets, almost nine seekers per seat.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 6
78,610 fans saw the first Madrid game after nearly 700,000 people tried to buy seats.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 10
A 300-player league, a 70,000-seat stadium — the ambition is there, the numbers aren't yet.
- Qwenplace 9
The Bernabéu finally delivered on years of NFL Europe nostalgia with a 2025 debut praised for its next-level energy.
Source ↗
7 AIs put it here - 7
Dublin
600,000 devices chased 74,512 seats, but only about 30% of ticket holders were Irish, in a country with 16 listed teams.
Included it: Meta, Grok, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron, Gemini.In their lists: Meta: 8 · Grok: 6 · StepFun: 9 · Kimi: 6 · DeepSeek: 9 · Wenxin: 8 · Qwen: 7
What each AI noted 7
- Metaplace 8
74,512 at Croke Park Sep 28 2025 – 600,000 devices logged on to buy, first Ireland game
- Grokplace 6
74,512 filled Croke Park on debut, with roughly 30% Irish ticket holders.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 9
Almost 75,000 filled Croke Park for Ireland's first game — but 51,500 of the weekend's visitors flew in, 32,000 of them from the US.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 6
74,512 sold out at Ireland's most sacred stadium — but only 30% of ticket holders were Irish; 35% flew in from the US and 35% from the rest of the world.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 9
600,000 devices chased 74,512 seats — in a country with only 16 kitted teams listed.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 8
Croke Park's 82,000 capacity whispers NFL — but Ireland has just 1,500 players and no game to show for it.
- Qwenplace 7
Croke Park made history in 2025, translating years of sports-bar viewership into a landmark live event.
Source ↗
7 AIs put it here - 8
Berlin
Drew 72,203 at its 2025 debut. One regional count puts 18,200 players in Berlin-Brandenburg, a quarter of Germany's total, but that is a single source, so treat it as an estimate.
Included it: Meta, Grok, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron, Gemini, Wenxin.In their lists: Meta: 4 · Grok: 5 · StepFun: 7 · Kimi: 5 · DeepSeek: 7 · Qwen: 8
What each AI noted 6
- Metaplace 4
72,203 in Olympiastadion debut Nov 9 2025 generated $74.3m impact with fans spending 373 euros per day
Source ↗ - Grokplace 5
72k at Olympiastadion in a region accounting for a quarter of Germany’s American football players.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 7
Its first NFL game sold 51,000 tickets on day one and drew 72,203 — then the city published an impact study about it.
- Kimiplace 5
72,207 in Jesse Owens' stadium — 35 years after a 55,000-strong 1990 exhibition in a still-divided city convinced the NFL Europe was worth building.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 7
72,207 in Berlin’s first game — Germany’s deep participation base travels, but the city itself has only one NFL data point.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 8
Olympic Stadium welcomed the league in 2025, where fans spent an average of €373 per day during the game weekend.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 9
Melbourne
100,021 at the MCG, about 40 times Australia's 2,500 registered players (other counts say 3,000–4,500). This is the widest gap between crowd and roots.
Included it: Grok, Gemini, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Wenxin.In their lists: Grok: 8 · Gemini: 9 · StepFun: 8 · Kimi: 4 · DeepSeek: 10 · Qwen: 10
What each AI noted 6
- Grokplace 8
100,021 at the MCG for the 2026 opener—the second-largest international crowd ever.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 9
Drew 100,021 spectators to the Melbourne Cricket Ground in September 2026, though Gridiron Australia counts fewer than 4,500 registered players across all territories.
- StepFunplace 8
100,021 people came to a first-ever game in an Australian-rules stronghold — enormous event demand, near-zero local football roots.
- Kimiplace 4
100,021 at the MCG — the seventh-largest regular-season crowd in NFL history and the biggest anywhere since 2009, in a city hosting its very first game.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 10
100,021 fans — 40 times Australia’s 2,500 registered players.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 10
A long-awaited 2026 addition that relies on a dedicated, albeit smaller, national gridiron community of roughly 3,000 players.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 10
Rio de Janeiro
72,792 at the Maracanã, with 88.3% of tickets bought in Brazil. But only 30% of the crowd lived in Rio, so the draw is national, not local.
Included it: Grok, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, Wenxin, Qwen.In their lists: Grok: 9 · StepFun: 4 · Kimi: 9 · DeepSeek: 8
What each AI noted 4
- Grokplace 9
72,792 at the Maracanã in 2026, building on Brazil’s large NFL fan base.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 4
A first-time host that filled the Maracanã with 72,792 — the biggest NFL crowd Brazil has ever seen.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 9
72,792 with 88.3% of tickets bought by Brazilians — the most locally bought NFL crowd ever measured, in the stadium of the 1950 and 2014 World Cup finals.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 8
Only 30% of the 72,792 crowd were Rio residents; 55% came from other Brazilian municipalities.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Rio's crowd was mostly Brazilian (88.3% of tickets) but not mostly local: only 30% lived in Rio and 55% came from other Brazilian municipalities.
Toronto is the counter-example. The Buffalo Bills' 'home' series (2008–13) faded on weak demand, and the 2013 finale drew just 38,969, despite Canada's deep gridiron culture.
Mexico City's 103,467 (2005) is the record for a regular-season game outside the US, not in all NFL history: Cowboys Stadium drew 105,121 in 2009. The Azteca's bigger crowds, up to 112,376, were preseason games.
International attendance rose 5.4% to 481,341 across seven 2025 games, all sold out, while the US average fell 0.8%.
03Questions people ask
Is attendance at NFL games down?
Slightly, and only in the US: the 2025 average fell 0.8% to 69,055, the first dip since the pandemic. International attendance rose 5.4% to 481,341 across seven games.
Why is the NFL not popular outside the US?
Watching outruns playing. The league counts about 40 million fans in Mexico and 36 million in Brazil, yet Germany, Europe's deepest playing base, has 73,410 registered players.
Source ↗How to watch NFL outside the US?
NFL Game Pass is on DAZN in more than 200 markets outside the US and China, with live games and condensed replays.
Why do NFL international attendance figures differ?
Sources count different things. For today's Paris game the NFL announced 78,488 tickets, while AP reported a crowd of about 76,000.
04How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Non-US Cities for NFL Games: Event Demand vs Local Football Roots
2Why this topic
It weighs game-day demand against local participation, a comparison no single attendance or federation table provides.
3Where it applies
International cities that have hosted or could plausibly host NFL games
4What we looked at
- Compare attendance at NFL international games with local participation in American football, using national federation data on registered players and affiliated clubs where available.
- Treat attendance and ticket demand as signs of event interest, not proof of lasting local fandom.
- Note when comparable city-level data is unavailable rather than inferring it from national totals.
- NFL International Series attendance table (Wikipedia, compiled from league box scores) — Reported attendance for each international regular-season game. It does not say how many spectators were local
- NFL Operations — International Games history — League history and its list of the largest crowds, including the 103,467 regular-season record in Mexico City.
- NFL ticket-demand reports — Online queue and device counts. These are attempts to buy, not unique buyers or local fans.
- AFVD (German federation) — 73,410 registered members and 512 clubs, national level only.
- BAFA (Great Britain) — More than 10,000 players and 150 clubs, national level.
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Nemotron, Gemini, StepFun, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
05Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Meta10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Meta alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1London, United Kingdom
86,651 at Wembley in 2024 is London's peak – still the biggest London gate – while Tottenham's 61,322 sellout proves demand works in two stadiums
- 2Munich, Germany
69,811 sold out Allianz Arena in 2022 – NFL Network's most-watched international game in US at 5.8m viewers
Source ↗ - 3Mexico City, Mexico
103,467 in 2005 still the all-time regular-season record outside US – 8th largest crowd in NFL history at the time
- 4Berlin, Germany
72,203 in Olympiastadion debut Nov 9 2025 generated $74.3m impact with fans spending 373 euros per day
Source ↗ - 5Madrid, Spain
78,610 first Spain game Nov 16 2025 outdrew Clasico three weeks earlier; 700,000 tried to buy tickets
Source ↗ - 6Paris, France
78,488 at Stade de France Oct 25 2026 – 70% tickets bought locally despite protests, third-largest crowd outside Wembley per Saints Wire
- 7Frankfurt, Germany
50,023 in Deutsche Bank Park Nov 5 2023 – Frankfurt hosted two games in 2023, both around 50k
Source ↗ - 8Dublin, Ireland
74,512 at Croke Park Sep 28 2025 – 600,000 devices logged on to buy, first Ireland game
- 9São Paulo, Brazil
47,236 first South America game Sep 6 2024 – Brazil has 19.7m NFL audience but only 120 teams per CBFA
- 10Toronto, Canada
Bills Toronto Series drew up to 52,134 at Rogers Centre – Canada has own CFL but 7.2m NFL audience
Source ↗
What Meta noticed
Germany has 500+ clubs and 73,000 members nationally, but attendance is concentrated in Munich (69,811), Berlin (72,203) and Frankfurt (50,023) – the same national base serves three cities
🇺🇸 Grok10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Grok alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1London, United Kingdom
Dozens of sellouts above 80,000 since 2007 at Wembley and Tottenham, with recent games still drawing 60k–86k even as novelty fades.
- 2Mexico City, Mexico
Holds the all-time international record at 103,467 (2005) and still draws massive ticket demand years later.
Source ↗ - 3Munich, Germany
Sold-out Allianz Arena crowds of ~70k in a country with Europe’s strongest organized American football base.
Source ↗ - 4Paris, France
First-ever game drew a near-capacity 78,488 at Stade de France amid growing French federation numbers.
- 5Berlin, Germany
72k at Olympiastadion in a region accounting for a quarter of Germany’s American football players.
Source ↗ - 6Dublin, Ireland
74,512 filled Croke Park on debut, with roughly 30% Irish ticket holders.
Source ↗ - 7Madrid, Spain
78,610 at the Bernabéu on first visit, driven by high international ticket demand.
Source ↗ - 8Melbourne, Australia
100,021 at the MCG for the 2026 opener—the second-largest international crowd ever.
Source ↗ - 9Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
72,792 at the Maracanã in 2026, building on Brazil’s large NFL fan base.
Source ↗ - 10Frankfurt, Germany
Multiple ~50k crowds at Deutsche Bank Park in Europe’s top American football nation.
Source ↗
What Grok noticed
Germany’s organized American football (73k+ registered players) far outpaces other European hosts, so Munich and Berlin crowds rest on deeper local roots than one-off events elsewhere.
Mexico City’s 103k record remains unmatched; recent virtual queues still show extreme event demand even after multi-year gaps.
London’s long run of near-capacity games is unique, but 2026 ticket softness at some fixtures suggests novelty is giving way to more selective fandom.
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Mexico City, Mexico
Drew 103,467 spectators to Estadio Azteca in 2005—the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history—backed by 90 years of domestic college rivalries in ONEFA.
- 2Frankfurt, Germany
Deutsche Bank Park packs 50,144 fans in minutes, sustaining continuous gridiron loyalty that traces straight back to the 1991 World League Frankfurt Galaxy.
Source ↗ - 3London, United Kingdom
Has hosted 36 regular-season games with a peak single-match turnout of 86,215 at Wembley Stadium, while BAFA oversees 400 domestic teams nationwide.
Source ↗ - 4Munich, Germany
Generated 69,811 fans at Allianz Arena in 2022 alongside an estimated 3 million ticket queue requests, feeding on southern Germany's dense regional club grid.
- 5São Paulo, Brazil
Welcomed South America's inaugural NFL game with 47,236 fans at Arena Corinthians, supported by a CBFA network of over 400 tackle and flag teams.
Source ↗ - 6Tokyo, Japan
Hosted 14 American Bowl exhibitions drawing up to 51,000 at Tokyo Dome, bolstered by Japan's 80-year-old collegiate and corporate X-League ecosystem.
Source ↗ - 7Toronto, Canada
Averaged 45,000 fans across 8 Bills in Toronto games at the Rogers Centre, where four-down NFL consumption coexists with 250,000 domestic Canadian football players.
Source ↗ - 8Madrid, Spain
Unlocks an 80,000-seat capacity at the renovated Santiago Bernabéu, presenting a stark contrast to Spain's FEFA base of under 60 active club teams.
- 9Melbourne, Australia
Drew 100,021 spectators to the Melbourne Cricket Ground in September 2026, though Gridiron Australia counts fewer than 4,500 registered players across all territories.
- 10Paris, France
Slated 80,000 seats at Stade de France for regular-season play, while France's FFFA maintains 130 clubs and 28,000 federation participants.
🇨🇳 StepFun10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by StepFun alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Mexico City (Estadio Banorte / Azteca)
The only city that holds the NFL's all-time attendance record — 103,467 — in a country where college football is already a 100-team tradition.
Source ↗ - 2London (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium & Wembley)
Nineteen straight years of NFL Saturdays: three games in eight days in October 2026, every one above 60,000 — demand no other city has sustained.
Source ↗ - 3São Paulo (Neo Química / Arena Corinthians)
A sold-out 'Chargers home game' where Chiefs fans were the clear majority — organic fandom you can see from the stands.
Source ↗ - 4Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
A first-time host that filled the Maracanã with 72,792 — the biggest NFL crowd Brazil has ever seen.
Source ↗ - 5Frankfurt (Deutsche Bank Park)
Two 2023 games drew over 100,000 combined — but a city study found 98% of attendees came from outside Frankfurt itself.
Source ↗ - 6Munich (Allianz Arena)
69,811 in 2022, 70,132 in 2024, and games already booked for 2026 and 2028 — Germany's permanent NFL fixture.
- 7Berlin (Olympiastadion)
Its first NFL game sold 51,000 tickets on day one and drew 72,203 — then the city published an impact study about it.
- 8Melbourne (MCG)
100,021 people came to a first-ever game in an Australian-rules stronghold — enormous event demand, near-zero local football roots.
- 9Dublin (Croke Park)
Almost 75,000 filled Croke Park for Ireland's first game — but 51,500 of the weekend's visitors flew in, 32,000 of them from the US.
Source ↗ - 10Paris (Stade de France)
France's first regular-season NFL game kicks off today — backed by the deepest domestic federation of any debut host, 33,500+ licensed players.
What StepFun noticed
Melbourne's debut crowd of 100,021 outdrew every NFL game ever played in London; only Mexico City's 103,467 — achieved in an expanded Azteca whose listed capacity is 87,523 — stands above it.
São Paulo 2025 was officially a Chargers home game, yet Chiefs fans were 'the clear majority' of the 47,627 in attendance — visible, organic fandom that no host-team marketing created.
Frankfurt sold out 50,000 seats in minutes twice over, but a city study found 98% of attendees came from outside Frankfurt — the region has roots, the host city mostly has an event. Madrid (42,000 of 78,610 tourists) and Dublin (51,500 visitors) tell the same story in different numbers.
🇨🇳 Kimi10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Kimi alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Mexico City NFL game (Estadio Azteca, Mexico)
112,376 for a 1994 preseason game — still the largest crowd ever to watch the NFL, bigger than any Super Bowl, at a stadium that holds three of the five biggest crowds in league history.
Source ↗ - 2Munich NFL game (Allianz Arena, Germany)
Two games, two sellouts — 69,811 and 70,132 — sitting on top of Europe's deepest grassroots base: Germany's federation counts 73,410 registered members, more than Britain, France, Italy and Finland combined.
Source ↗ - 3London NFL games (Wembley & Tottenham, UK)
45 games in 19 seasons and 86,651 at Wembley in 2024 — unmatched event demand built on thin local roots: AFVD's comparison puts all of Britain's registered federation membership at roughly 5,000, against Germany's 73,410.
Source ↗ - 4Melbourne NFL game 2026 (MCG, Australia)
100,021 at the MCG — the seventh-largest regular-season crowd in NFL history and the biggest anywhere since 2009, in a city hosting its very first game.
Source ↗ - 5Berlin NFL game 2025 (Olympiastadion, Germany)
72,207 in Jesse Owens' stadium — 35 years after a 55,000-strong 1990 exhibition in a still-divided city convinced the NFL Europe was worth building.
Source ↗ - 6Dublin NFL game 2025 (Croke Park, Ireland)
74,512 sold out at Ireland's most sacred stadium — but only 30% of ticket holders were Irish; 35% flew in from the US and 35% from the rest of the world.
Source ↗ - 7Madrid NFL game 2025 (Santiago Bernabéu, Spain)
78,610 at the Bernabéu — the stadium's biggest crowd since its rebuild — with nearly 700,000 people chasing tickets, almost nine seekers per seat.
Source ↗ - 8Frankfurt NFL games 2023 (Deutsche Bank Park, Germany)
Two games at roughly 50,000 a pop — smaller than Berlin's or Madrid's crowds, but near 100% of capacity, and Frankfurt is where both Germany's federation and its most durable pro-football love affair live.
Source ↗ - 9Rio de Janeiro NFL game 2026 (Maracanã, Brazil)
72,792 with 88.3% of tickets bought by Brazilians — the most locally bought NFL crowd ever measured, in the stadium of the 1950 and 2014 World Cup finals.
Source ↗ - 10São Paulo NFL game (Arena Corinthians, Brazil)
In 2024 about 150,000 people queued online for tickets and only one in ten got one — the clearest measured case of demand outrunning supply.
Source ↗
What Kimi noticed
Estadio Azteca holds three of the five largest crowds in NFL history (112,376 in 1994; 106,424 in 1998; 104,629 in 1997) — all preseason, and all bigger than any Super Bowl ever played.
Measured demand dwarfs supply almost everywhere the NFL goes: ~700,000 ticket seekers for Madrid's ~79,000 seats, ~600,000 devices for Dublin, ~150,000 in the São Paulo queue with ~10% success — these are event-interest signals, not counts of local fans.
The great counter-example is Toronto: six Buffalo Bills 'home' games (2008–13) died of weak demand — the 2013 finale drew just 38,969 — despite Canada having the deepest gridiron culture outside the US.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Munich
770,000 people queued for about 75,000 seats in 2022 — more than double London’s typical demand, per the AP.
Source ↗ - 2London
42 games since 2007, but the 2026 Colts-Commanders crowd was 60,907 after the NFL cut ticket prices.
Source ↗ - 3Paris
78,488 ticketed fans made the first Paris game the third-largest non-Wembley international crowd.
- 4Mexico City
Four games, all above 76,000 — yet Mexico’s federation does not publish city-level registered-player counts.
Source ↗ - 5Frankfurt
Two 2023 games drew 50,023 and 50,144 — smaller than Munich, in a country with 73,410 registered players.
Source ↗ - 6Madrid
78,610 fans saw the first Madrid game after nearly 700,000 people tried to buy seats.
Source ↗ - 7Berlin
72,207 in Berlin’s first game — Germany’s deep participation base travels, but the city itself has only one NFL data point.
Source ↗ - 8Rio de Janeiro
Only 30% of the 72,792 crowd were Rio residents; 55% came from other Brazilian municipalities.
Source ↗ - 9Dublin
600,000 devices chased 74,512 seats — in a country with only 16 kitted teams listed.
Source ↗ - 10Melbourne
100,021 fans — 40 times Australia’s 2,500 registered players.
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What DeepSeek noticed
Newer markets can show hotter event demand than the oldest: Munich’s 770,000-device queue dwarfed London’s 60,907 discounted 2026 crowd.
Germany has 73,410 registered players and 512 clubs — roughly seven times Britain’s 10,000 players — which helps explain why German host cities fill so reliably.
Melbourne’s 100,021 is the biggest crowd here, but Australia has only 2,500 registered players; a huge one-off gate is not the same as deep local roots.
Rio’s crowd was mostly domestic but not local: 55% came from other Brazilian municipalities and only 30% were Rio residents, so even a big gate can be regional event demand.
🇨🇳 Wenxin10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Wenxin alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1London, England (UK)
Three stadiums, 104,000-seat Tottenham, and a national federation with 7,000+ registered players — yet attendance dwarfs local roots.
- 2Mexico City, Mexico
Azteca's 100,000-seat thunder — but Mexico's pro leagues sit behind a tiny grassroots base of ~5,000.
- 3Munich, Germany
Allianz Arena packed 86,000 — and Germany's 45,000 grassroots players make this the closest event-to-roots match.
- 4Toronto, Canada
Bills bring 40,000+ south — but Canada's 50,000+ players show this is not just a stadium trick.
- 5São Paulo, Brazil
No NFL game yet — but 3,000+ registered players and a growing league keep it on the wish list.
Source ↗ - 6Paris, France
NFL paints the city in red — yet France's 5,000+ players are spread thin and no game has landed.
- 7Tokyo, Japan
One 1996 exhibition lingers — Japan's 20,000 players show far more depth than that single game suggests.
Source ↗ - 8Dublin, Ireland
Croke Park's 82,000 capacity whispers NFL — but Ireland has just 1,500 players and no game to show for it.
- 9Sydney, Australia
Zero NFL games — but 3,000+ players and a veteran league mean the gap between interest and event is wide.
- 10Madrid, Spain
A 300-player league, a 70,000-seat stadium — the ambition is there, the numbers aren't yet.
What Wenxin noticed
London's three-game NFL series in 2026 at Tottenham filled ~186,000 seats combined, but the UK's entire registered base is ~7,500 — meaning most attendees travel to the event rather than coming from local football communities.
🇨🇳 Qwen10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Qwen alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1London, UK
The undisputed international capital of the league, where local amateur champions play at Wembley just like the pros.
- 2Mexico City, Mexico
Holds the all-time international attendance record from 2016, fueled by a massive 100-team college football ecosystem.
Source ↗ - 3Munich, Germany
Bavarian fans pack the Allianz Arena, backed by a national federation with over 73,000 registered members.
- 4São Paulo, Brazil
Shattered its own local attendance record in 2025 as the league targets a massive base of 36 million Brazilian fans.
Source ↗ - 5Frankfurt, Germany
Deutsche Bank Park proves the sport's deep roots in Hesse, sharing AFVD's massive national grassroots network.
Source ↗ - 6Paris, France
The City of Light finally hosts a regular-season game in 2026, riding a domestic boom of over 33,500 licensed tackle and flag players.
Source ↗ - 7Dublin, Ireland
Croke Park made history in 2025, translating years of sports-bar viewership into a landmark live event.
Source ↗ - 8Berlin, Germany
Olympic Stadium welcomed the league in 2025, where fans spent an average of €373 per day during the game weekend.
Source ↗ - 9Madrid, Spain
The Bernabéu finally delivered on years of NFL Europe nostalgia with a 2025 debut praised for its next-level energy.
Source ↗ - 10Melbourne, Australia
A long-awaited 2026 addition that relies on a dedicated, albeit smaller, national gridiron community of roughly 3,000 players.
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What Qwen noticed
Brazil's NFL attendance record of 72,792 in 2025 reflects immense event demand, but the national federation focuses heavily on flag football rather than traditional tackle infrastructure.