The 2019 MLS Cup Final between Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC averaged 823,000 viewers on ABC and an additional 447,000 on Spanish-language Univision, both up from the last time these two teams met in an MLS Cup Final back in 2017 when the match averaged 803,000 on ESPN and 304,000 on UniMás. However, the match is down massively from the 2016 Final, which also featured Seattle and Toronto and drew 1.411 million viewers on FOX. Plus, the viewing figure on ABC is down almost 50% compared to last year’s final on FOX. In better news, the Canadian broadcast on TSN averaged 748,000 viewers on a channel that’s only in 8 million homes.
Telemundo and the Under-17 Mexican National Team continue earning very impressive numbers for the FIFA U17 World Cup in Brazil. Through the tournament’s quarter-finals, matches involving Mexico are averaging 317,000 viewers across Telemundo and Universo. This goes up to 493,000 for when limiting to matches broadcast on Telemundo.
Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over Manchester City last Sunday was the seventh Premier League match to draw a combined audience larger than 1 million viewers this season, and is the most-watched Premier League match of the year on Telemundo with 402,000 viewers. It is also the most-watched match on NBCSN since Arsenal and Spurs played on September 1.
Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | Network | Total |
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1 | 11/10 | MLS Cup | Seattle Sounders / Toronto FC | ABC: 823000 / Univision: 447000 | 1,270,000 |
2 | 11/10 | Premier League | Liverpool / Man City | NBCSN: 733000 / Telemundo: 402000 | 1,135,000 |
3 | 11/9 | Premier League | Leicester City / Arsenal | NBC: 779000 | 779,000 |
4 | 11/10 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Korea Republic U17 / Mexico U17 | Telemundo: 758000 | 758,000 |
5 | 11/9 | Liga MX Apertura | León / Toluca | Univision: 714000 | 714,000 |
6 | 11/9 | Liga MX Apertura | Tigres / Pachuca | Univision: 692000 | 692,000 |
7 | 11/9 | Premier League | Spurs / Sheffield United | NBCSN: 443000 / Universo: 39000 | 482,000 |
8 | 11/10 | Premier League | Man Utd / Brighton | NBCSN: 427000 / Universo: 55000 | 482,000 |
9 | 11/6 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Real Madrid / Galatasaray | TNT: 169000 / UniMás: 257000 | 426,000 |
10 | 11/8 | Liga MX Apertura | Veracruz / América | TUDN: 389000 | 389,000 |
11 | 11/5 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Barcelona / Slavia Praha | TNT: 153000 / UniMás: 219000 | 372,000 |
12 | 11/9 | Premier League | Chelsea / Crystal Palace | NBCSN: 310000 / Universo: 27000 | 337,000 |
13 | 11/6 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Lokomotiv Moskva / Juventus | TNT: 149000 / UniMás: 159000 | 308,000 |
14 | 11/10 | Int’l Friendly (W) | USWNT / Costa Rica | ESPN2: 273000 / TUDN: 29000 | 302,000 |
15 | 11/7 | Int’l Friendly (W) | USWNT / Sweden | FS1: 268000 / TUDN: 28000 | 296,000 |
16 | 11/6 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Japan U17 / Mexico U17 | Telemundo: 290000 | 290,000 |
17 | 11/5 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Chelsea / Ajax | TNT: 278000 | 278,000 |
18 | 11/5 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Dortmund / Inter Milan | UniMás: 243000 | 243,000 |
19 | 11/10 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Netherlands U17 / Paraguay U17 | Telemundo: 234000 | 234,000 |
20 | 11/8 | Liga MX Apertura | Morelia / Puebla | TUDN: 178000 | 178,000 |
21 | 11/7 | UEFA Europa League Group Stage | Man Utd / Partizan | UniMás: 99000 | 99,000 |
22 | 11/6 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Brazil U17 / Chile U17 | Universo: 77000 | 77,000 |
23 | 11/11 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Italy U17 / Brazil U17 | Universo: 76000 | 76,000 |
24 | 11/7 | UEFA Europa League Group Stage | Dudelange / Sevilla | UniMás: 73000 | 73,000 |
25 | 11/9 | Bundesliga | Bayern / Dortmund | FS2: 71000 | 71,000 |
26 | 11/6 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Leverkusen / Atlético Madrid | Galavision: 57000 | 57,000 |
27 | 11/7 | CONCACAF League | Deportivo Saprissa / Motagua | TUDN: 56000 | 56,000 |
28 | 11/7 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Paraguay U17 / Argentina U17 | Universo: 49000 | 49,000 |
29 | 11/5 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Nigeria U17 / Netherlands U17 | Universo: 41000 | 41,000 |
30 | 11/5 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Napoli / Salzburg | Galavision: 39000 | 39,000 |
31 | 11/7 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Ecuador U17 / Italy U17 | Universo: 39000 | 39,000 |
32 | 11/11 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Spain U17 / France U17 | Universo: 36000 | 36,000 |
33 | 11/7 | UEFA Europa League Group Stage | Rangers / Porto | TUDN: 33000 | 33,000 |
34 | 11/7 | UEFA Europa League Group Stage | Wolves / Slovan Bratislava | Galavision: 31000 | 31,000 |
35 | 11/11 | Liga MX Femenil | Toluca / Santos | TUDN: 26000 | 26,000 |
36 | 11/5 | FIFA U17 World Cup | Angola U17 / Korea Republic U17 | Universo: 25000 | 25,000 |
37 | 11/6 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Bayern / Olympiakos | Galavision: 23000 | 23,000 |
38 | 11/5 | UEFA Champions League Group Stage | Zenit / RB Leipzig | Galavision: 18000 | 18,000 |
39 | 11/8 | Liga MX Femenil | Cruz Azul / Tijuana | TUDN: 16000 | 16,000 |
40 | 11/7 | UEFA Europa League Group Stage | Lazio / Celtic | Galavision: 14000 | 14,000 |
41 | 11/10 | Bundesliga | Wolfsburg / Leverkusen | TUDN: 14000 | 14,000 |
42 | 11/7 | UEFA Europa League Group Stage | Standard Liège / Frankfurt | TUDN: 12000 | 12,000 |
43 | 11/9 | Bundesliga | Schalke / Düsseldorf | TUDN: 9000 | 9,000 |
44 | 11/10 | Bundesliga | Mönchengladbach / Werder Bremen | TUDN: 4000 | 4,000 |
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