Last Sunday’s Manchester Derby averaged 1.7 million viewers on NBC and Telemundo, making it the most-watched Premier League match on American television of all time and the most-watched soccer match on American television in 2020. This brings the average audience for Premier League matches on NBC up to 823,040 during the 2019-2020 season thus far.
Univision also saw a viewership high last weekend, averaging 1.5 million viewers for Club América’s match against Pumas last Friday night. It is the largest audience for a non-SuperClásico Liga MX match since 2017, and the second most-watched soccer match on American television so far in 2020.
It has been a strong opening two-weeks of the MLS season for ESPN, last week averaging 399,000 viewers when Portland Timbers hosted expansion side Nashville SC. This beat out all but one of ESPN’s MLS broadcasts in 2019. For FS1, it was a different story entirely. Their broadcast featuring Los Angeles FC and Philadelphia Union averaged just 124,000, a bad sign for a network that averaged just 158,000 viewers for MLS matches in 2019.
Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | Network | Total |
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1 | 3/8 | Premier League | Man Utd / Man City | NBC: 1338000 / Telemundo: 366000 | 1,704,000 |
2 | 3/6 | Liga MX Clausura | Pumas / Club América | Univision: 1500000 | 1,500,000 |
3 | 3/7 | Liga MX Clausura | Atlas / Chivas | Univision: 1200000 | 1,200,000 |
4 | 3/8 | SheBelieves Cup | USWNT / Spain | ESPN: 522000 / TUDN: 97000 | 619,000 |
5 | 3/7 | Liga MX Clausura | Cruz Azul / Tijuana | UniMás: 518000 | 518,000 |
6 | 3/7 | Premier League | Arsenal / West Ham | NBCSN: 502000 | 502,000 |
7 | 3/7 | Premier League | Burnley / Spurs | NBCSN: 470000 / Universo: 31000 | 501,000 |
8 | 3/7 | Premier League | Liverpool / Bournemouth | NBCSN: 353000 / Universo: 49000 | 402,000 |
9 | 3/8 | MLS | Portland Timbers / Nashville | ESPN: 399000 | 399,000 |
10 | 3/5 | SheBelieves Cup | USWNT / England | ESPN2: 387000 | 387,000 |
11 | 3/8 | Premier League | Chelsea / Everton | NBCSN: 371000 | 371,000 |
12 | 3/7 | Liga MX Clausura | Pachuca / Santos | TUDN: 359000 | 359,000 |
13 | 3/7 | MLS | DC United / Inter Miami | Univision: 334000 | 334,000 |
14 | 3/8 | La Liga | Betis / Real Madrid | beIN SPORTS: 45845 / beIN Español: 262248 | 308,093 |
15 | 3/8 | Liga MX Clausura | Juárez / León | TUDN: 279000 | 279,000 |
16 | 3/7 | La Liga | Barcelona / Real Sociedad | beIN SPORTS: 48428 / beIN Español: 224668 | 273,096 |
17 | 3/8 | Liga MX Clausura | Necaxa / Morelia | TUDN: 244000 | 244,000 |
18 | 3/8 | MLS | Los Angeles FC / Philadelphia Union | FS1: 124000 / FOXD: 112000 | 236,000 |
19 | 3/9 | Premier League | Leicester City / Aston Villa | NBCSN: 178000 | 178,000 |
20 | 3/6 | Liga MX Clausura | Puebla / Tigres | Galavision: 119000 | 119,000 |
21 | 3/8 | Bundesliga | Bayern / Augsburg | TUDN: 107000 | 107,000 |
22 | 3/7 | La Liga | Atlético Madrid / Sevilla | beIN SPORTS: 6349 / beIN Español: 89891 | 96,240 |
23 | 3/8 | CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) | USWNT U20 / Mexico U20 | TUDN: 86000 | 86,000 |
24 | 3/8 | La Liga | Villarreal / Leganes | beIN SPORTS: 8544 / beIN Español: 66588 | 75,132 |
25 | 3/7 | La Liga | Getafe / Celta Vigo | beIN Español: 72913 | 72,913 |
26 | 3/2 | Liga MX Femenil | Tigres / Morelia | TUDN: 71000 | 71,000 |
27 | 3/6 | CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) | Mexico U20 / Haiti U20 | TUDN: 66000 | 66,000 |
28 | 3/7 | Premier League | Wolves / Brighton | Universo: 63000 | 63,000 |
29 | 3/4 | CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) | Mexico U20 / Trinidad and Tobago U20 | TUDN: 50000 | 50,000 |
30 | 3/3 | Copa Libertadores | Caracas FC / Boca Juniors | beIN SPORTS: 4994 / beIN Español: 29706 | 34,700 |
31 | 3/4 | French Cup | Lyonnais / PSG | beIN SPORTS: 9357 / beIN Español: 23101 | 32,458 |
32 | 3/4 | Copa Libertadores | LDU Quito / River Plate | beIN SPORTS: 784 / beIN Español: 30891 | 31,675 |
33 | 3/8 | La Liga | Levante / Granada | beIN Español: 30008 | 30,008 |
34 | 3/6 | La Liga | Alaves / Valencia | beIN SPORTS: 6178 / beIN Español: 23556 | 29,734 |
35 | 3/8 | Turkish Super League | Sivasspor / Galatasaray | beIN SPORTS: 6858 / beIN Español: 22533 | 29,391 |
36 | 3/2 | Liga MX Femenil | Toluca / Pachuca | TUDN: 28000 | 28,000 |
37 | 3/4 | CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) | USWNT U20 / Canada U20 | TUDN: 27000 | 27,000 |
38 | 3/5 | Copa Libertadores | Estudiantes de merida FC / Racing | beIN SPORTS: 9863 / beIN Español: 12727 | 22,590 |
39 | 3/8 | La Liga | Valladolid / Athletic Bilbao | beIN SPORTS: 2176 / beIN Español: 19916 | 22,092 |
40 | 3/5 | Copa Libertadores | Alianza Lima / Nacional | beIN SPORTS: 5922 / beIN Español: 11302 | 17,224 |
41 | 3/5 | Copa Libertadores | Binacional / Sao Paulo | beIN SPORTS: 5142 / beIN Español: 10176 | 15,318 |
42 | 3/6 | Bundesliga | Paderborn / Köln | TUDN: 15000 | 15,000 |
43 | 3/5 | French Cup | Saint Etienne / Rennes | beIN SPORTS: 8926 / beIN Español: 4336 | 13,262 |
44 | 3/3 | Copa Libertadores | Defensa y Justicia / Santos FC | beIN SPORTS: 5615 / beIN Español: 7596 | 13,211 |
45 | 3/4 | CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) | Jamaica U20 / Dominican Republic U20 | TUDN: 13000 | 13,000 |
46 | 3/7 | Tournoi de France (W) | France / Brazil | beIN SPORTS: 11366 | 11,366 |
47 | 3/3 | Copa Libertadores | A. Paranaense / Penarol | beIN SPORTS: 11168 | 11,168 |
48 | 3/4 | Copa Libertadores | Jorge Wilstermann / Colo Colo | beIN Español: 9904 | 9,904 |
49 | 3/7 | Bundesliga | Schalke / Hoffenheim | TUDN: 9000 | 9,000 |
50 | 3/4 | Copa Libertadores | Junior FC / Flamengo | beIN SPORTS: 4473 / beIN Español: 806 | 5,279 |
51 | 3/4 | Tournoi de France (W) | Netherlands / Brazil | beIN SPORTS: 4955 | 4,955 |
52 | 3/6 | Turkish Super League | Besiktas / Ankaragucu | beIN SPORTS: 470 / beIN Español: 4248 | 4,718 |
53 | 3/6 | La Liga 2 | Lugo / Cadiz | beIN Español: 4582 | 4,582 |
54 | 3/2 | Turkish Super League | Antalyaspor / Fenerbahçe | beIN Español: 4533 | 4,533 |
55 | 3/4 | Tournoi de France (W) | France / Canada | beIN SPORTS: 4371 | 4,371 |
56 | 3/8 | Ligue 1 | Lille / Lyonnais | beIN SPORTS: 3441 | 3,441 |
57 | 3/4 | Copa Libertadores | América de Cali / Gremio | beIN Español: 3332 | 3,332 |
58 | 3/2 | La Liga | Mallorca / Getafe | beIN Español: 3067 | 3,067 |
59 | 3/2 | La Liga | Eibar / Levante | beIN Español: 3032 | 3,032 |
60 | 3/4 | Copa Libertadores | C.A. Tigre / Palmeiras | beIN SPORTS: 2299 | 2,299 |
61 | 3/2 | Turkish Super League | Galatasaray / Genclerbirligi | beIN SPORTS: 776 / beIN Español: 1416 | 2,192 |
62 | 3/4 | Copa Libertadores | Delfin / Olimpia | beIN Español: 2064 | 2,064 |
63 | 3/6 | Ligue 1 | Marseille / Amiens | beIN SPORTS: 1829 | 1,829 |
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