Just wanna throw this topic out there ’cause lately, betting on underdogs has been treating me better than my diet plan.

So here’s the question: Which one's more exciting for you, favorites or underdogs?
No need to show receipts or win-loss records,^{( I’m not a tax officer)}.
Just real talk based on experience.

This is just to help us figure out what path might actually lead to profit especially for us who are still trying to level up from “gambler” to “smart gambler.”

And please… no “it depends” answers. Pick a side like it’s the NBA Finals.

I don’t keep a record since I rarely bet on the moneyline. Probably 90% of my bets are either point spread or totals.

But honestly, I get really tempted to go moneyline when I believe the underdog will win.

Like in these playoffs, so many underdogs are pulling off wins! Nuggets, Knicks, Pacers... if you hit those picks, you’re getting x3 or more. That’s a huge help, ‘cause one win could cancel out two losses and still keep you floating. Now that’s the kind of math I actually enjoy.

When I'm betting strategically I always go with betting on favorites to win, there's always a reason why the underdogs are given such high value odd... it's because the odds are not in favour of them to win and betting on them would be very risky..but it sometimes turns out that the underdogs are always underestimated and they end up winning in some cases..But as a gambler that's trying to be careful I'd bet on the favorites.

Underdog with odds ranging from 2.1 to 3.0 odds only. I consider this as semi under dog and has higher success chance of winning rather than taking a shot on higher odds that usually lose without a chance of winning if you watch the live game.

I rarely bet on favorites but if I do I always bet in parlay to make the odds higher and become worthy on risking my money.

Underdog is my favorite pick due to the odds.

It does not help at all if we would just have to decide to bet on favourites or underdog without considering their odds or even historical performance to know which is liable to win.
Even though after spending much time in analysing their strengths and you have not been able to win, it is still worth sticking to.

If we must know too, our favorites can be that underdog so, that is where the complications may come which is why we can not ignore from comparing which team that is potential to win and one doomed.

And I bet it would be a bunch of failure if you hold on betting by favorite when you know the other team is stronger or even betting on the underdog when the favourite team performing better.

If it’s excitement we are talking about, underdogs winning are always exciting for the sport and makes the sport more unpredictable. Dominance is unavoidable in a sport but unless you are a big fan of whoever is the favorite, it may be a boring time for the sport. For bettors, on the other hand, they would obviously be more excited based on who they betted on. Though sometimes, like I said, seeing underdogs win is always an exciting experience no matter who you betted on.

I take chances with underdogs only if I am sure that they have the potential to win the favourite even if they look weaker on the paper but it happens rarely cause it's not like everyday the underdog team if knocking every odds staked against them and coming up with good recent form. Now the real talk, yes the favorites will be the obvious choice if I am gonna bet on a game that I have no idea too and I guess that's how most people bet too.

Even though you explicitly said 'no depends' answer still I have to make my point, it depends on how well I understand the team.

Although gamblers can win big betting on underdogs but they hardly win. Focusing on betting on teams who are not favourite could lead to consistent losses. Some gamblers are loyal to some clubs that they bet on them consistently. This might be a good reason to bet on underdogs. But if you want to enjoy your bet and target wins, betting on favourites is far better. 

My personal gambling experience leans me towards favoring those who are perceived to be more likely to win than those called "underdogs". Because I think it is less risky, specially if the team which is favorite in the match had managed to keep a good record during the ongoing season.
Though, I don't close myself to the possibility of betting in favor of underdogs, but I would decrease my wager of I go for it, because the chances of losing money are perceived by me (and the rest of the market) to be higher.

In short, I am more onto the "favorite" side rather than on the "underdog" side, specially when comes to football/soccer.

Honestly I don't believe much in the favorites winning especially in the NBA where I have suffered the worse sport bet loss of my entire life, I had bet quite enough money on Boston Celtics when they had the odd of 1.04 and were heavy favorites, I just added them to my parlay just because of routine habit and it costed me dearly, it made me lose my parlay ticket. They were playing against the last place on the standings and they lost their game so in NBA from that game I have totally quit betting there.

It is a completely different thing in soccer sport betting or football as we know it, most of the times here the favorite win, you only have to not put a lot of them in the same ticket as of course some of them will lose, now if you want to put 10 favorites in a single ticket it is going to be almost impossible to win but if you put 5 tickets with 2 favorites in each chances are high that you are going to win at least 3 tickets, at least this was my personal experience that I am sharing here.