- New research from Gambling.com reveals the Internet’s top 10 most loved and Hated Darts Players
- Simon Whitlock is named as the Internet’s most loved darts player, whilst Gerwyn Price comes in as the Internet’s most hated
- Although he’s the most hated player online, Gerwyn Price is still loved by many with some describing him as “absolute box office”
Darts is notorious for being full of polarising and entertaining personalities, such as the Iceman Gerwyn Price or Peter “Snakebite” Wright, and whether you love them or hate them, we all want to watch them play darts. With this being said, have you ever wondered who the most loved and hated Darts players are?
Well, thanks to new research from Gambling.com, they have been revealed. By utilizing the social listening tool Linkfluence, they acquired the online sentiment data from Reddit and Twitter surrounding every Darts player over the past year, and ranked them based on their positive and negative sentiment to discover the internet’s most loved and hated Darts players:
The Top 10 Most Loved Darts Players
Player
Positive Sentiment
Negative Sentiment
Neutral Sentiment
Simon Whitlock
56.1%
6.7%
37.2%
Damon Heta
50.3%
1.7%
48.0%
Peter Wright
48.6%
3.4%
48.1%
Rob Cross
48.4%
4.3%
47.3%
Jonny Clayton
48.1%
1.9%
50.0%
Krzysztof Ratajski
44.7%
3.0%
52.3%
Daryl Gurney
41.8%
3.2%
55.0%
Callan Rydz
38.5%
3.7%
57.8%
Michael Smith
37.6%
9.9%
52.5%
Gerwyn Price
37.4%
23.8%
38.8%
The Wizard has worked his magic on Darts fans online, as Simon Whitlock claims the top spot as the Internet’s Most Loved Darts Player with 56.1% of all posts about him online being positive compared to just 6.7% negative.
The Australian Damon Heta came in 2nd place with 50.3% of posts online about him being positive, and Snakebite, Peter Wright, came in 3rd after an admirable 48.60% of posts about him were positive.
The Top 10 Most Hated Darts Players
Player
Positive Sentiment
Negative Sentiment
Neutral Sentiment
Gerwyn Price
37.4%
23.8%
38.8%
Mervyn King
18.7%
17.2%
64.1%
Ian White
33.8%
11.7%
54.5%
Michael Smith
37.6%
9.9%
52.5%
Vincent van der Voort
18.2%
7.2%
74.6%
Gary Anderson
29.8%
6.9%
63.3%
Jose de Sousa
36.7%
6.7%
56.6%
Simon Whitlock
56.1%
6.7%
37.2%
James Wade
24.3%
6.0%
69.7%
Joe Cullen
29.1%
5.2%
65.7%
Possibly the most polarising character in Darts, Gerwyn Price claims the top spot as the Internet’s Most Hated Darts Player, with the Iceman receiving 23.8% of all posts about him online being negative. However, 37.4% of posts about him online are positive, so it’s not all hate for Gerwyn as his performances earn him a lot praise from fans online, with one tweet reading:
“How can you not like Gerwyn Price? Absolute box office”
Mervyn King takes 2nd place with 17.2% of posts online about him being negative, and Ian White comes in 3rd with 11.7%.
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Source: https://search.linkfluence.com/
