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Team sports have become one of the fastest-growing types of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="exercise" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/21/exercise-decline-age-study" data-vars-content-id="58dd45d3-7abe-4bbd-9074-201d86962383" data-vars-headline="Adult sports leagues are thriving in San Francisco" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/21/exercise-decline-age-study" target="_self">exercise</a>, with 20% of U.S. adults — up from 11% in 2020 — now saying they play them, according to a CivicScience survey shared with Axios.Why it matters: Adult <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="sports" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/golf-data-ngf-youth-millennials" data-vars-content-id="58dd45d3-7abe-4bbd-9074-201d86962383" data-vars-headline="Adult sports leagues are thriving in San Francisco" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/golf-data-ngf-youth-millennials" target="_self">sports</a> are a booming business.