Fans all around the world are gearing up for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, where thousands of athletes from more than 90 countries will compete on skates, skis, snowboards, and various types of sleds. An estimated 5 billion people, or more than half of the world’s population, followed the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, marking a record high. The Winter Olympics tend to draw smaller audiences, though the 2022 Games in Beijing still reached more than 2 billion people.