What NFL Fans Are The Most Chronically Online? Time For Some To Touch Grass

By Bill Speros

Feb 18th, 2026 12:24 PM EST

(USA TODAY)

The NFL season begins in just 204 days. But The Shield's news cycle never stops. In the next 6+ months, we'll have schedule drops, the NFL combine, NFL draft, free-agency, mini-camp, training camp, the dreaded preseason, and those ominous final roster cuts. And fans can't get enough. That means lots of off-season screen time. So: What NFL Fans Are The Most Chronically Online?

Fans of the Seahawks get to take it easy for the next few months following their team's 29-13 demolition of the Patriots in Super Bowl 60. However, nothing succeeds like success. And if history is any teacher, they'll want another title next season.

Conversely, fans of those teams who consistently underachieve, find themselves dogged by critical injuries, or those that simply cannot consistently win also need their fix. And there's no "Doom Scrolling" quite like NFL Fan "Doom Scrolling."

What NFL Fans Are The Most Chronically Online?

Bookies.com used post data from Reddit, factoring in post frequency in both each team subreddit forum and r/NFL, along with follower totals on both X and Instagram platforms to see which NFL fans are the most chronically online and could benefit from touching grass. The scoring system measures how active and visible a fanbase is online, with Reddit behavior having a higher weight than follower counts – 55% posts per day in Reddit forum, 35% presence in r/NFL, and 10% follower counts (X and Instagram).

Breaking Down The Numbers

The Bears gave their fans plenty of reason to be following the team online this past season. Under first-year coach Ben Johnson, Chicago won the NFC North title. The Bears beat the Packers in the Wild Card Round before falling at home against LA Rams in the Divisional Round.

The Bengals, meanwhile, continue to be a non-stop digital stream of misery. Cincinnati battled with injuries to key players all season. The Cats stumbled to a 6-11 finish in the weaker-than-normal AFC North. And they dropped 3 of their last 5 games.

The Seahawks demonstrated that winning loves company, too, by finishing third. Their fans clearly enjoyed the ride. Not only did the Seahawks finish 17-3 overall, including the postseason and Super Bowl, the team went an NFL-best 15-5 against the spread.

The Cowboys may be "America's Team" when it comes to the NFL hype machine. Cowboys fans, however, askew the digital space. Dallas finished last in our survey. Perhaps they're all at home watching reruns of "Dallas" rather than raging online in the digital space.

Never mind whether or not Dak will get to the Super Bowl, the biggest question in Dallas or "Dallas" history remains: "Who shot JR?"

It was Kristin.

Ask your parents.

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