In any article, whether in a specialist or general newspaper, you will read that the padel has become democratized during the Covid-19 crisisThe number of players has increased drastically, particularly in France, and the interest in this emerging sport has evolved just as much.
Another way can show the rise of the padel in France. Head to Google Trends, an application from the web giant that shows searches carried out on the Internet and the evolution of demand.
For example, we want to see how the search for “padel”, in France, over the past five years. Here is what it gives:
With the graph generated by Google Trends, we actually realize that before October 2021 (before the second lockdown), interest in the padel in France were very low. From the 17th October, 2021, we see that the trend is accelerating and this, in a progressive manner until reaching a very significant interest nowadays.
This graph is also proof that the padel is still in the spotlight today and this trend is really on the rise!
In 10 years, on a global scale, we see that the increase occurred a little earlier, during the first wave of Covid-19.
Le padel is still expanding…and it shows! More than a “trend“Sport is becoming a real center of interest, all over the world.
It was his brother who one day told him to accompany him on a track. padel, since then, Gwenaëlle has never left the court. Except when it comes to going to watch the broadcast of Padel Magazine, World Padel Tour… or Premier Padel…or the French Championships. In short, she is a fan of this sport.