Telecasts · FIFA
World Cup final
26,500,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2014-07-14
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen3 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
combined / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
The Germany/Argentina World Cup final earned a combined 26.5 million viewers across ABC and Univision Sunday afternoon, up 9% from Spain/Netherlands in 2010 (24.3M), up 56% from Italy/France in 2006 (17.0M), and the largest U.S. audience ever for a soccer match.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
26,500,000
via pressaverage audience
per network / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
On ABC alone, Germany/Argentina had a 9.1 U.S. rating and 17.3 million viewers — up 12% in ratings and 11% in viewership from 2010 (8.1, 15.5M) and the fourth-most watched World Cup match ever on a single network.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
17,300,000
via pressaverage audience
per network / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
The Germany/Argentina FIFA World Cup final earned 9.2 million viewers on Univision Sunday afternoon, up 5% from Spain/Netherlands in 2010 (8.8M), up 56% from Italy/France in 2006 (5.9M), and the most-watched World Cup final ever on Spanish-language television.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
9,200,000
3 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
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