With the 2024 European Championships around the corner, a new report by leading online betting and gaming brand Betway has revealed that Scotland’s “Flower of Scotland” is the most popular national anthem of all time in Europe.
The Euros 2024 guide, produced by the bookmaker, scoured through every team’s national anthem to understand which national anthem takes the top spot in fan’s hearts as the most streamed on Spotify.
In first place, Scotland’s national anthem “Flower of Scotland” by The Corries had almost 5 million streams on Spotify. An estimated 200,000 Scottish fans are expected to be proudly singing their national anthem at the Euros this summer as they initially take on Germany, Switzerland and Hungary in their group matches.
In second place is the French’s “Marseillaise”, with 4.2 million streams, while Italy’s “Il Canto degli Italiani” came in third place with 3.4 million streams.
England’s traditional “God save the King” came in 4th place with just over 1.5 million streams, while the Euros host country Germany came in 5th place, with 1.3 million streams for “Deutsche Nationalhymme”.
At the other end, Poland and Spain ranked in 9th and 10th place, with 525,613 and 502,656 streams respectively.
The 10 most-streamed national anthems
| Rank | Country | Title | Artist | Spotify streams |
| 1 | Scotland | Flower of Scotland | The Corries | 4,823,383 |
| 2 | France | Marseillaise | Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | 4,246,923 |
| 3 | Italy | Il Canto degli Italiani | National Anthem Band | 3,440,658 |
| 4 | England | God save the king | Traditional | 1,566,902 |
| 5 | Germany | Deutsche Nationalhymne (Lied der Deutschen, nur dritte Strophe) | Nationalhymne Deutschland | 1,353,505 |
| 6 | Netherlands | Het Wilhelmus | Universal Band | 1,034,824 |
| 7 | Switzerland | Schweizerpsalm | Kpm National Anthems | 687,498 |
| 8 | Turkey | İstiklâl Marşı | Ossi Orkestrasi | 680,498 |
| 9 | Poland | Mazurek Dąbrowskiego | Krakowski Chor Kameralny/ Polish Chamber Choir | 525,613 |
| 10 | Spain | Marcha Real | Jose Angel Tello | 502,656 |
Chad Yeomans, spokesperson at Betway, said: “The Scottish Government may not have officially adopted Flower of Scotland yet, but our research shows there’s no more popular national anthem in Europe!
“National anthems sung before a fixture kicks off have the power to unite travelling fans like nothing else can.
“One thing is for sure, when Scotland faces Germany in the opening match of the Euros the Tartan Army will be in full voice and are sure to produce a rousing and goosebump-inducing rendition of the famous song.”
For more information about the research and about the UEFA Euro 2024, please visit: https://blog.betway.com/football/the-complete-guide-to-euro-2024-in-germany/
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