The opening weekend of the FIFA Women’s World Cup averaged 1.068 million viewers across the networks of FOX and Telemundo. Over 75% of viewers so far have elected to watch the tournament in English as FOX and FOX Sports 1 are averaging 808,000 viewers through their first seven broadcasts. When limiting the pool to broadcasts available over the air only, FOX is averaging 1.26 million viewers and Telemundo is averaging 293,000. Last Sunday’s match between England and Scotland was the most-watched match for both networks combining for nearly 2 million viewers.
MLS is continuing to disappoint on English-language television ESPN’s final broadcast before the summer break drawing just 189,000 viewers for a match between Portland Timbers and Los Angeles FC. This brings MLS’ average viewership down to just 240,000 viewers through 13 broadcasts in 2019, down 15% from 2018 and nearly 17% from 2017. MLS fans shouldn’t expect things to get much better this season as ESPN broadcasts have seen a minimum 10% drop in viewership in each of the past two seasons.
TNT’s broadcast of the UEFA Europa League final averaged 413,000 viewers, an increase of nearly 218% from last year’s Final on FS1 and up 7% from the 2017 final that featured Manchester United. An additional 271,000 viewers watched in Spanish on Univision, which was their second most-watched Europa League match of the season just behind their April 11 broadcast of Arsenal taking on Napoli in the Quarter Finals which drew 279,000 viewers.
Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | Network | Total |
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1 | 6/1 | UCL Final | Spurs / Liverpool | TNT: 1508000 / Univision: 1450000 | 2,958,000 |
2 | 6/9 | FIFA WWC | England / Scotland | FOX: 1482000 / Telemundo: 472000 | 1,954,000 |
3 | 6/9 | Int’l Friendly | Mexico / Ecuador | Univision: 1760000 | 1,760,000 |
4 | 6/9 | UEFA Nations League Final | Netherlands / Portugal | ESPN: 534000 / UNI & UDN: 956000 | 1,490,000 |
5 | 6/8 | FIFA WWC | Spain / South Africa | FOX: 1081000 / Telemundo: 354000 | 1,435,000 |
6 | 6/5 | Int’l Friendly | Mexico / Venezuela | UniMás: 1310000 | 1,310,000 |
7 | 6/8 | FIFA WWC | Norway / Nigeria | FOX: 1209000 / Unvso: 62000 | 1,271,000 |
8 | 6/9 | Int’l Friendly | USMNT / Venezuela | FOX: 1037000 / UniMás: 212000 | 1,249,000 |
9 | 6/9 | FIFA WWC | Brazil / Jamaica | FS1: 600000 / Telemundo: 277000 | 877,000 |
10 | 6/7 | FIFA WWC | France / Korea Republic | FS1: 492000 / Telemundo: 373000 | 865,000 |
11 | 5/29 | UEL Final | Chelsea / Arsenal | TNT: 413000 / Univision: 271000 | 684,000 |
12 | 6/8 | FIFA WWC | Germany / China | FS1: 473000 / Telemundo: 203000 | 676,000 |
13 | 6/6 | UEFA Nations League | Netherlands / England | ESPN2: 249000 / UniMás: 235000 | 484,000 |
14 | 6/2 | FIFA U20 WC | Colombia U20 / New Zealand U20 | Telemundo: 441000 | 441,000 |
15 | 6/9 | FIFA WWC | Australia / Italy | FS1: 321000 / Telemundo: 109000 | 430,000 |
16 | 6/5 | UEFA Nations League | Portugal / Switzerland | ESPN2: 183000 / UniMás: 219000 | 402,000 |
17 | 5/27 | FIFA U20 WC | USA U20 / Nigeria U20 | FS1: 200000 / Unvso: 86000 | 286,000 |
18 | 6/2 | FIFA U20 WC | Italy U20 / Poland U20 | Telemundo: 284000 | 284,000 |
19 | 6/5 | Int’l Friendly | USMNT / Jamaica | FS1: 284000 | 284,000 |
20 | 6/8 | UEFA Euro Qual. | Turkey / France | UniMás: 278000 | 278,000 |
21 | 5/29 | FIFA U20 WC | Ecuador U20 / Mexico U20 | Telemundo: 261000 | 261,000 |
22 | 6/1 | MLS | Atlanta United / Chicago Fire | UniMás and UDN: 249000 | 249,000 |
23 | 6/8 | MLS | San Jose Earthquakes / FC Dallas | Univision: 232000 | 232,000 |
24 | 6/8 | FIFA U20 WC | USA U20 / Ecuador U20 | FS2: 212000 | 212,000 |
25 | 6/1 | MLS | Portland Timbers / Los Angeles FC | ESPN2: 189000 | 189,000 |
26 | 6/9 | UEFA Nations League | England / Switzerland | ESPN2: 165000 | 165,000 |
27 | 6/8 | UEFA Euro Qual. | Croatia / Wales | ESPN2: 100000 / UDN: 22000 | 122,000 |
28 | 6/4 | FIFA U20 WC | France U20 / USA U20 | Unvso: 63000 | 63,000 |
29 | 6/4 | FIFA U20 WC | Argentina U20 / Mali U20 | Unvso: 63000 | 63,000 |
30 | 5/27 | FIFA U20 WC | Honduras U20 / Uruguay U20 | Unvso: 59000 | 59,000 |
31 | 6/2 | Int’l Friendly | France / Bolivia | UDN: 57000 | 57,000 |
32 | 5/30 | FIFA U20 WC | USA U20 / Qatar U20 | Unvso: 41000 | 41,000 |
33 | 5/30 | FIFA U20 WC | Norway U20 / Honduras U20 | Unvso: 40000 | 40,000 |
34 | 5/31 | FIFA U20 WC | Korea Republic U20 / Argentina U20 | Unvso: 38000 | 38,000 |
35 | 6/8 | UEFA Euro Qual. | Russia / San Marino | UDN: 34000 | 34,000 |
36 | 5/29 | FIFA U20 WC | Colombia U20 / Tahiti U20 | Unvso: 29000 | 29,000 |
37 | 6/3 | FIFA U20 WC | Uruguay U20 / Ecuador U20 | Unvso: 29000 | 29,000 |
38 | 5/28 | FIFA U20 WC | Portugal U20 / Argentina U20 | Unvso: 24000 | 24,000 |
39 | 6/7 | FIFA U20 WC | Colombia U20 / Ukraine U20 | Unvso: 24000 | 24,000 |
40 | 5/30 | Int’l Friendly | Turkey / Greece | UDN: 18000 | 18,000 |
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