Hearts for Daniel / Boos for Bubba
- Gambling.com reveals the Internet’s top 10 most loved and hated NASCAR drivers during the 2022 regular season.
- The report names Daniel Suarez as the most loved driver, with Bubba Wallace coming in as the most disliked.
- With 12 drivers left in the 2022 playoffs, how do these stars fair in the ranking?
One month on from the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series regular season, the team at Gambling.com have looked back to reveal which drivers received the most love and hate online last season.
By utilizing the social listening tool Linkfluence, positive and negative online sentiment data, for every active NASCAR driver, was acquired over the regular season (between 1st February – August 31st). These figures were then ranked to find the top 10 most loved and hated drivers for 2022.
The Top 10 Most Loved NASCAR Drivers of 2022:
|
Rank |
NASCAR Driver |
Positive Sentiment* |
|
1 |
Daniel Suarez |
44.7% |
|
2 |
Austin Cindric |
42.4% |
|
3 |
Kyle Larson |
36.6% |
|
4 |
Kevin Harvick |
35% |
|
5 |
Alex Bowman |
34.8% |
|
6 |
Ryan Blaney |
31.8% |
|
7 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
31.2% |
|
8 |
Joey Logano |
30.4% |
|
9 |
Chase Briscoe |
29.6% |
|
10 |
Kurt Busch |
29.6% |
Coming in the number one spot as 2022’s most loved NASCAR driver is Daniel Suarez, with 44.7% of all tweets praising the Mexican racer.
Diving into the data, the majority of these came during his win at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 event, where 62% of all tweets about the driver were positive.
Daytona 500 winners 🤯😁 pic.twitter.com/xS6rGHScSn
— Austin Cindric (@AustinCindric) February 21, 2022
Ohio’s Austin Cindric falls just behind, placing 2nd on the ranking (42.4%). Following a similar pattern to Suarez, it was Cindric’s win at the Daytona 500 in February which delivered him the most love online.
The Top 10 Most Hated NASCAR Drivers of 2022:
|
Rank |
NASCAR Driver |
Negative Sentiment* |
|
1 |
Bubba Wallace |
30.1% |
|
2 |
Cody Ware |
18.9% |
|
3 |
Ty Dillon |
17.2% |
|
4 |
Denny Hamlin |
15.1% |
|
5 |
Justin Haley |
14.7% |
|
6 |
Cole Custer |
13.9% |
|
7 |
Daniil Kvyat |
13.5% |
|
8 |
Jacques Villeneuve |
13.4% |
|
9 |
Kyle Busch |
12.5% |
|
10 |
Austin Dillon |
12.3% |
Unfortunately, its Bubba Wallace who came out as the most disliked driver over the course of the 2022 regular season, with almost 1 in 3 tweets made about him being negative (30.1%)
It was his second-place finish at the Firekeepers Casino 400 which received the most negativity online, with one tweet reading:
“You could pull ten random strangers off the street and they would all beat Bubba Wallace in a race”
With Wallace sitting clear at the top of the ranking, Cody Ware (18.9%) and Ty Dillion (17.2%) make up the top 3 most disliked drivers last year.
Which Drivers in the Playoffs Received the Most Love?
|
Most Loved Overall Rank |
NASCAR Driver |
Positive Sentiment* |
Negative Sentiment |
|
1 |
Daniel Suarez |
44.7% |
3.9% |
|
2 |
Austin Cindric |
42.4% |
3.8% |
|
3 |
Kyle Larson |
36.6% |
10.1% |
|
5 |
Alex Bowman |
34.8% |
6.4% |
|
6 |
Ryan Blaney |
31.8% |
10.9% |
|
8 |
Joey Logano |
30.4% |
10.1% |
|
10 |
Chase Briscoe |
29.6% |
7.5% |
|
12 |
Chase Elliott |
28.6% |
7.1% |
|
14 |
William Byron |
26.4% |
8.1% |
|
18 |
Ross Chastain |
24% |
10.8% |
|
25 |
Christopher Bell |
21.6% |
9.7% |
|
27 |
Denny Hamlin |
20.9% |
15.1% |
*Percentage of all Twitter posts made which were deemed positive between 1st Feb -31st Aug.
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1 comment:
What bullshit! Most loved driver, Chase Elliot, most hated, tie,,Denny Hamlin and Bubba “I can’t drive” Wallace! No others close, well maybe Ty “Im an asshole “Gibbs! Who writes this bullshit? Fire them they are idiots!
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