Is Taylor Swift playing at the Super Bowl next year? Fans are speculating, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell hasn’t done much to squash the rumors.

In a Sept. 3 appearance on the Today show, Goodell was asked by Savannah Guthrie if Swift would take the field for the biggest night in sports, held next year at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. His answer? “We would always love to have Taylor play. She is a special, special talent, and obviously she would be welcome at any time.”

When Guthrie asked him to clarify if that was a “maybe,” Goodell confirmed that it was indeed a “maybe.”

Meanwhile, Swifties think the “Cruel Summer” singer is dropping hints about performing at Super Bowl LX — you just need to read between the lines of her New Heights podcast interview with her now fiancé, Travis Kelce.

Swift appeared on the podcast that Travis Kelce hosts with his brother Jason on Aug. 13 to talk about her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl. As Swift often does, she dropped oodles of Easter eggs — or clues to her upcoming work — prior to the album reveal. But now, some fans think that she also teased clues during the interview that point toward the Super Bowl.

Nothing has been announced, and all of these fan theories are pure speculation. However, if Swift does perform at the Super Bowl, it would be her first time gracing the halftime show at the sporting event — a gig she allegedly turned down before. But with an NFL player husband-to-be who has earned three Super Bowl rings in the past — and Swift now having a ring of her own from Kelce — it’s possible that now is the perfect, most significant time for her to take the stage.

And some people are betting on it: The gambling website Kalshi now gives Swift a 59% chance of headlining the Super Bowl. Other artists who people think might perform at halftime include Post Malone (21%) and Metallica (9%).

But could Swift really fill the “blank space” of the halftime stage? Here’s why some are convinced she’s teasing the major performance.

Swift may have dropped these numbers on purpose

If you speak Swiftie, the reasons are compelling. For one thing, Swift spoke explicitly about Easter eggs on the podcast — including mentioning how she loves using numerology to leave a trail of breadcrumbs. Fans who have tracked Swift’s hints over the years saw it as a sign to look toward the numbers mentioned on the podcast — and one specific number stood out.

As multiple people on social media have pointed out, Swift referenced the number “47” twice in the podcast — once when she joked that she performed in “47,000 countries” for the Eras tour, and again when she thanked Jason for screaming for “47 seconds” when she revealed her new album on the pod.

Why is 47 significant? Well, as some on social media noted, the 47th show of the Eras tour was in Santa Clara, Calif., at Levi’s Stadium. Where is the next Super Bowl being held? Levi’s Stadium.

But that isn’t all. As TikToker @SamKochman pointed out in a video, there are more signs that seem to be pointing to this particular stadium. “The mascot for the 49ers is Sourdough Sam, and she spent a whole lot of time talking about sourdough,” the TikToker noted, referencing how Swift gushed over her current baking obsession, even sending Kelce some bread during training camp. And she also said she’s thinking about sourdough 60% of the time — potentially a reference to the upcoming 60th Super Bowl.

Oh, and here’s some advanced Swiftie math: What’s 47 plus 13, Swift’s favorite number? Why, it’s 60.

The hints go beyond numerology

Another possible clue that Swift might be performing at the halftime show? She referenced her passion for those performances directly on the podcast, saying that she knew every halftime show from the Super Bowls even when she didn’t watch sports.

And though Swift has since become a football fan, thanks to Kelce, the “Blank Space” singer teased that she has also seen some of the negative discourse around her at the games, another possible hint at what’s to come.

“As we all know, you know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” Swift said. “I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it’s more of me.”

So, will we see Swift come Super Bowl Sunday 2026? We’ll have to wait and see, but it’s worth noting that if an announcement is made, it will likely be soon: The choice of Kendrick Lamar to headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show was revealed on Sept. 8, 2024, and Usher’s 2024 performance was announced on Sept. 24, 2023.