Pickleball

6/2/2026 |  Pickleball craze slows, but still strong in Atlanta (AXIOS Sports) The pickleball craze — so hot in the pandemic and immediately afterwards — may be cooling off. Don't tell that to Atlanta players, however.
Why it matters: America's one-time fastest-growing sport is also possibly one of the most polarizing.
The big picture: The number of pickleball courts across the 100 most populous U.S. cities increased just 4% from 2025 to 2026, according to research by the Trust for Public Land.

• That's compared to 13% growth in 2025 and 14% in 2024.

5/29/2026 |  Seattle weighs pickleball trims as boom cools (AXIOS Sports) The pickleball craze — so hot during the pandemic and immediately afterward — may be cooling off.
The big picture: The number of pickleball courts across the 100 most populous U.S. cities increased just 4% from 2025 to 2026. That's compared with 13% growth from 2024 to 2025 and 14% from 2023 to 2024.

5/27/2026 |  Pickleball craze peters out (AXIOS Sports) The pickleball craze — so hot in the pandemic and immediately afterwards — may be cooling off.
The big picture: The number of pickleball courts across the 100 most populous U.S. cities increased just 4% from 2025 to 2026. That's compared to 13% growth in 2025, and 14% in 2024.
Zoom out: Other amenities are seeing higher or equal spending growth for the first time in years.

4/30/2026 |  USA Pickleball Lands Sponsorship From Phonak (SportsTravel) USA Pickleball has entered into an exclusive agreement with hearing aid maker Phonak’s U.S. division as part of the company’s “Hear to Win” campaign.
Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the U.S. for several years running, now has nearly 20 million players in the United States alone, and Phonak aims to connect with that community to highlight the importance of hearing in maintaining connection and confidence.

4/6/2026 |  The Latest SFIA Participation Trends: Why Pickleball is Here to Stay (SportsTravel) For decades, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association has polled Americans on which sports and activities they participate in and how often. The result is the Topline Participation Report, an annual survey that goes into amazing detail on 126 different sports and activities ranging from basketball to birdwatching. By tracking those rates — both those who participate casually and those who participate regularly in a given sport or activity — SFIA has a wealth of data, including which of those sports and   activities are on the rise and which are declining. They can also break down those stats by age, gender and demographics, a bevy of information that any sports event organizer or destination should be interested in digesting.