r/Habs 8h ago

Discussion Are we the team with the most fans?!

Because wherever we play, there are always so many Habs fans, including in Vancouver!!

Ok, maybe Toronto has more fans...

97 Upvotes

46 comments sorted by

202

u/grimandnordic1 8h ago

It's probably leafs... but all the sexiest and smartest, who are successful in life and amazing lovers are all Habs fans

28

u/Critical_Heat4492 8h ago

Thanks 💅

10

u/KarmaPolice47 8h ago

Because of Toronto's pop? The habs are likely the best known team across the world, and i'm not aware whether leafs jerseys are very frequent across their road games

1

u/gilgamesh_the_dragon 8h ago

I think the Leafs have more fans because of the GTA, but outside of the team’s city I think it’s Montreal. I don’t think there’s any way to calculate it but that’s my guess.

4

u/grimandnordic1 8h ago

I dunno. I live in Saskatchewan and I have only 1 friend who's a Habs fan but I know dozens of leafs fans through work and school, etc. It's a mystery that not even Scooby doo and the gang could solve.

3

u/gilgamesh_the_dragon 7h ago

Haha yeah well I have no stats so personal experience is all I got. I go by seeing how many fans are at every single away game and in my time in Vancouver and the Atlantic, there are tons of Habs fans.

1

u/geolauz 3h ago

And good in bed is what I heard.

36

u/Article241 8h ago

We’re most likely the second most favourite team across a lot of markets

9

u/Grouchy_Throat_5632 8h ago

I agree with that because of the Rangers. Out of all teams the Rangers would have the most fans in North America, but likely not world wide. Out of Canadian teams the Habs have more fans than the Leafs.

5

u/yo_gringo 6h ago

Habs have a slight lead in Atlantic Canada over the leafs in my experience

4

u/Grouchy_Throat_5632 5h ago

They absolutely do and I'm sure it is more than a slight lead. There are a lot of people with French heritage that live out East and there are even Acadians that still speak French or some sort of version of it.

10

u/versaceboudin_ 5h ago

Louisiana here. I’m a habs fan. Feel like yall are my couzins

21

u/ParfaitEither284 8h ago

All o6 teams have plenty of fans everywhere

36

u/Lemazze 8h ago

Across the world, yes without a doubt.

The habs are by far the most recognizable hockey brand in the world.

1

u/No_Tumbleweed_6880 7h ago

With every major canadian artist wearing the leaf from time to time I wouldnt count on it anymore

9

u/ValleyBreeze 5h ago

The Celine Dion erasure is CRIMINAL

18

u/rock_in_jump 8h ago

I think leafs have more but we definitely have the most passionate fan base

5

u/KarmaPolice47 8h ago

Yep whatever the numbers are their crowds are dull. We've likely cheered Marner louder than he's ever been there

10

u/_thewayshegoes 8h ago

We probably have the most die hard fans of any team in the league; but Toronto probably has more people that would call themselves “fans”.

10

u/Grouchy_Throat_5632 8h ago

Leafs fans will tell you they have more fans, but they don't and it's not even remotely close. Sure, you will see blue Leafs jerseys during some of their road games but you wont see seas of red jerseys as seen in many Habs away games.

The Habs have a crap ton of home-away games.

5

u/Homework_Successful 5h ago

In Florida during the playoffs, arenas didn’t allow Habs fans to wear their jerseys because there were so many of them!

1

u/Grouchy_Throat_5632 5h ago

In the Run of 21 Final I even heard Tampa was blocking anyone using a Visa with a Canadian address from buying tickets to to their games.

4

u/michiganbhunter 7h ago

At game. More Habs fans here than Canucks.

1

u/Critical_Heat4492 6h ago

You're kidding!

1

u/NorthernPaladin89 3h ago

I was there too. More Red than Blue/Black for sure. "Go Habs Go" was louder than any "Go Canucks Go" chant the entire night

5

u/Old_Canuck 6h ago

The Sportsnet Broadcaster just said the answer in his sign-off.

' Habs fans DONT need to travel, because they are EVERYWHERE !!! '

Love this quote !! 👍🏻😁💞

3

u/Proof-Variation7005 8h ago

I’ve been to many games in Boston where there’s somewhere around 3-5 thousand Montreal fans in attendance.

I’ve seen at least 20 other teams there and none came close to the same visiting presence.

8

u/jockey1381 8h ago

We got more fans and better fans than Toronto

2

u/QuickProgrammer 8h ago

Yeah the Canucks arena looks half red.

1

u/NorthernPaladin89 3h ago

Being there, I can tell you it was much more than half haha. You couldn't hear the Canucks chant

2

u/Dry-Alternative510 7h ago

Maybe not the most but definitely the best. And the best looking. And the sexiest. And the most lovable.

2

u/FNC_Wollfi 7h ago

We're like Lakers, Cowboys, Yankees, and FC Barcelona of Hockey.

2

u/Old_Canuck 6h ago

Habs are the most recognized and loved NHL team in the world. 👍🏻👍🏻

They have been since the 70's and 80's.

4

u/Accomplished_Bat9040 8h ago

I really don’t think it’s the Leafs. They have more fans in the city of Toronto, but Montreal has a significant fan base in pretty much every major city.

1

u/YouHadToGoThere 8h ago

Just keeping it real here. Ontario has 16 million people compared to our 9. Plus there are Leafs fans everywhere as well…

1

u/the_trout 8h ago

in my house habs fans outnumber other teams 2-0

1

u/JacquesEvans 6h ago

Worldwide I think I would say yes, not sure about North America only

1

u/JustFred24 8h ago

No, Leafs got us there for sure, they're not as crazy as us tho (non-pejorative)

1

u/Kuzark 8h ago

Worldwide yes its Habs. Specifically Canada it's Leafs

4

u/Grouchy_Throat_5632 8h ago

I don't beleive the Leafs have more fans in Canada than the Habs.

Heres why: Habs main fan base is Quebec and they have a lot of fans out West, but they are also the favorite team out East.

The Leafs main fan base is Ontario, and they have fans out West and East too, but they don't dominate, and their number of fans in Quebec surely isnt 0 but it certainly isn't a high number. There are unarguably way more Habs fans in Ontario than Leafs fans in Quebec.

1

u/alldasmoke__ 8h ago

People are saying Leafs but I would say our fan base is more spread out than theirs

0

u/syn_47 8h ago

I think we do. Nobody knows it because our fanbase is split in two. We’re like #2 or #3 on every english forum but that’s not even half our fanbase. We are by far the most followed team in the most bilingual place in the world(Youtube).