Spain beats Argentina as World Cup final draws 60M+ North American viewers
World Cup Final combines for more than 66 million across FOX, Telemundo, in largest television audience (excluding NFL and news events) since series finale of "Seinfeld" in 1998: www.sportsmediawatch.com/2026/07/worl...
papadeltasierra.bsky.social5What was the Fox/Telemundo split? Heard tell of folks watching Telemundo because they don't stick ads everywhere and the commentary is not inane.
WAP5You combine fox and telemundo in these numbers. Do you have any theory as to why fox took out all the boos for Donald trump but telemundo didnt?
Sports Media Watch2The full World Cup was the most-watched on record on both English and Spanish-language television: www.sportsmediawatch.com/2026/07/worl...
66 million people across 3 countries and how many games more than previous World Cups? it would have been the dot on the i if this World Cup would have also been a debacle in viewers. but, how many people, especially foreigners were actually at the games?
The final 2026 World Cup U.S. tote board: 63 games (of 104 in the tournament) drew over 10 million viewers. 31 over 15m 18 over 20m 11 over 25m 5 over 30m Norway vs. England 34.796m #USMNT vs. Bosnia 36.195m Mexico vs. England 46.690m U.S. vs. Belgium 50.125m Spain vs. Argentina 66.400m
Jonathan Tannenwald25Both Fox's 42.5 million and Telemundo's 23.9 million set records for single-channel soccer game viewership in their respective languages. Each network had already broken its record twice in this tournament. The English record had stood since the 2015 final, the Spanish record since the 2014 final.
James Geluso196 games: I was 1 of them
Fox averaged 38.9 million viewers for the Spain-Argentina final. Telemundo averaged 23.9 million viewers. That's more than 60 million viewers in the U.S. who watched the final between English and Spanish-language television.
Conspiracy theory here in Argentina that right before the final FIFA told Argentina they would be banned for 10 years for holding up the Malvinas flag but if they lost to Spain they wouldn't be banned and that's why Argentina played so badly. No really.
Daniel Tunnard3I suppose by implication FIFA also made France lose to Spain too, as there's no other explanation for both France and Argentina playing so badly in those matches.
Nagihan Haliloğlu2ahahah this sounds like Turkish thinking
Pretty Witty Nell2Kept it exciting by saving all those other Spanish attempts on goal…
Séamus Reilly2Did FIFA have a goal prediction bet on 3rd place match, giving each team a half to fill their boots until 10 goals?
Douglas Cheape1This makes sense as Scotland were knocked out to stop America from running out of beer.
Robert1Is that with that clip of Messi before the game? Do keep us updated on the shelf-life of this!
