Telecasts · FIFA
World Cup final
17,830,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2018-07-17
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen3 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
combined / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Ulmer/Imago/Icon Sportswire Sunday's France-Croatia FIFA World Cup Final generated a combined audience of 17.83 million viewers across FOX and Telemundo, down a third from Germany-Argentina in 2014 (26.72M) and down 28% from Spain-Netherlands in 2010 (24.73M), both of which aired on ABC and Univision.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
17,830,000
via pressaverage audience
per network / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
On FOX, coverage earned a 6.8 rating and 12.51 million viewers — down 26% in ratings and 28% in viewership from 2014 (9.2, 17.49M) and down 19% and 21% respectively from 2010 (8.4, 15.91M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
12,510,000
via pressaverage audience
per network / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Spanish-language coverage on Telemundo had 5.32 million, down 42% from 2014 (9.23M) and down 40% from 2010 (8.82M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
5,320,000
3 press attributions · no provider-published figure · single source
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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