World Cup TV Ratings Thread

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England produced the most watched Women's World Cup match in their country with 13.3m average on BBC/ITV for the Final. This was also higher than the 11m average for the women's Euro Final but its peak audience was higher. It is the second most watched program on English tv YTD - behind the 18.8m who watched Charles coronation on 11 channels.

In Spain, the audience was 5.6m with 66% share of tv viewers. This was the highest number ever for a women's match. 56% watching were male.

In Australia. average of 5.6m also watched. Highest audience was 7.2m average for the semi vs England. The semi was also the highest number ever for any program in Australia since their current ratings measurement started in 2001.

In other Euro countries, 2.7m average for France which is lower than the 6m who watched their home 2019 Final. Only 550k watched in Italy. Norway got 218k which was down from the 334k in 2019.

Germany bucked the trend as their number of 5.4m with a 42% tv share was higher than 2019's 5.1m. 

In the US, average of 1.8m watched on Fox live and 407k for an afternoon repeat. In Spanish, it was 729k combined for live and repeat showings. 2.9m total was higher than the 1.8m who watched Leagues Cup final on Univision and the 1m who watched Australia/England semi on Fox.

TSN/CTV reported an average minute audience of 465,200.

Down the road, FIFA will provide a complete look at the tournament numbers. We''ll then see if 2023 beat 2019's average tv audience per match of 82m.

So, FIFA was prescient in asking for England & Spain to pay up. But French & Italian broadcasters were right in holding back on rights fees.

This is the last Women's World Cup for Fox & TSN unless they win the separately rights bidding for 2027. Fox has gone all in on national football tourneys but ESPN head has said that they want the World Cup back. Given budget constraints with SN/CBC, TSN may win by default. Or they'll split rights if Bell doesn't loosen TSN's budget.

 

 

Edited August 24, 2023 by red card

[Unnamed Trialist]

4 hours ago, red card said:

England produced the most watched Women's World Cup match in their country with 13.3m average on BBC/ITV for the Final. This was also higher than the 11m average for the women's Euro Final but its peak audience was higher. It is the second most watched program on English tv YTD - behind the 18.8m who watched Charles coronation on 11 channels.

In Spain, the audience was 5.6m with 66% share of tv viewers. This was the highest number ever for a women's match. 56% watching were male.

In Australia. average of 5.6m also watched. Highest audience was 7.2m average for the semi vs England. The semi was also the highest number ever for any program in Australia since their current ratings measurement started in 2001.

In other Euro countries, 2.7m average for France which is lower than the 6m who watched their home 2019 Final. Only 550k watched in Italy. Norway got 218k which was down from the 334k in 2019.

Germany bucked the trend as their number of 5.4m with a 42% tv share was higher than 2019's 5.1m. 

In the US, average of 1.8m watched on Fox live and 407k for an afternoon repeat. In Spanish, it was 729k combined for live and repeat showings. 2.9m total was higher than the 1.5m who watched Leagues Cup final on Univision and the 1m who watched Australia/England semi on Fox.

Down the road, FIFA will provide a complete look at the tournament numbers. We''ll then see if 2023 beat 2019's average tv audience per match of 82m.

So, FIFA was prescient in asking for England & Spain to pay up. But French & Italian broadcasters were right in holding back on rights fees.

This is the last Women's World Cup for Fox & TSN unless they win the separately rights bidding for 2027. Fox has gone all in on national football tourneys but ESPN head has said that they want the World Cup back. Given budget constraints with SN/CBC, TSN may win by default. Or they'll split rights if Bell doesn't loosen TSN's budget.

 

 

Thanks. Was going to post the Spain stat, they say there was a mostly male audience, the share for all men watching tv was over 70% and that the best age group was 4-12 followed by 13 to early twenties, that on a  Sunday at noon. Started st about 4 million viewers and ended over 7.

Tis true that the Clásico in Spain regularly pushes 10 million viewers.