Currently in its first edition, the league has managed to create waves across the nation. It has recorded over 16 million online video views through the course of the tournament.
Additionally, the official ISL online channel has registered 28.7 million visits until now.
On social media too, the Hero ISL has struck a chord and recorded over 1.8 million conversations, 10 billion impressions and 275,000+ unique authors
These numbers indicate that football has managed to create a huge fan following across India and is a step closer towards its ultimate goal of placing India on the global football map.
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