Steelers Nation is definitely passionate, but it apparently doesn’t support its team financially the way other top NFL fan bases do.
That was the conclusion of Emory University’s 2018 “NFL Fan and Brand Report,” a study geared toward quantitatively analyzing which teams have the league’s best fan bases.
The Steelers do fairly well overall, coming in at No. 5. That ranking is unchanged from last year and puts them in elite company with the Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants, which slot into the top four slots in the rankings.