Top 10 States Most Highly Anticipating Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Few things speak to the American existence quite like the spectacle of watching a cadre of men and women gulping down as many hot dogs as they can stomach on the shores of the Atlantic on Independence Day.

That’s exactly what a cast of characters has done in Brooklyn on July 4, annually for the past 52 years. The Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest takes place again this year on Jully 4 at Coney Island.

This year, reigning champ Joey Chestnut, who has won the title 16 times, has been banned from the classic American contest after he agreed to a partnership with Impossible Foods, the plant-based foods company. BetOhio.com, the home of Ohio sports betting, wanted to see what states are most highly anticipating the 2024 contest, despite Chestnut’s absence. Using Google Trends, we ranked states based on their search interest scores for “Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest,” from June 10-17, 2024.

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Top 10 States Anticipating Hot Dog Eating Contest

Rank	State	Search Interest Score
1	South Dakota	100
2	Vermont	89
3	Connecticut	86
4	Iowa	83
T5	Pennsylvania	81
T5	New Hampshire	81
T5	New York	81
8	New Jersey	80
9	Nebraska	79
10	Ohio	78

Where Ohio’s Hot Dog Contest Interest Ranks Nationally

Ohio’s love of all things Americana led to the Buckeye State’s inclusion on the states with the most interest in the 2024 hot dog eating competition. But the state finished well behind the country’s leading hot dog viewers, at No. 10.

As of June 20, no major, legally regulated Ohio sports betting apps were offering odds on the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.

The top state searching for the hot dog eating contest, according to our research, was South Dakota, which had a perfect search interest score of 100. Vermont (89 search interest score), Connecticut (86) and Iowa (83) rounded out the top four. Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and New York (81 each) tied for fifth.

New York’s neighbors to the south (New Jersey) had a search interest score of 80, followed by Nebraska (79) the Ohio (78) to round out the top 10 states. So there you have the full picture of the states that will most certainly be invested in the gluttony at Coney Island this July 4.

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Christopher Boan

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Christopher Boan writes for BetOhio.com and has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, with experience at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.