The decline in the TV ratings for the USMNT from year to year has been a reality check for many US soccer fans and the US Soccer Federation. The ratings in 2015 were down to 728,550 from an average of 4,306,933 in 2014, though somewhat understandably as there is always going to be a big […]

MLS suffered its worst week on national television this season as last Sunday’s meeting between Sporting Kansas City and New York Red Bulls was watched by just 90,000 people on FS1. Overall the three nationally broadcast matches across FS1, ESPN2, Univision and Univision Deportes averaged just 149,000 viewers, down significantly from the 258,176-average audience for […]

Bundesliga’s Bayern Munich-Dortmund broadcast on the over-the-air FOX network averaged 470,000 viewers last Saturday afternoon, up 33% from last year’s match, which also aired on FOX. It was FOX’s most-watched live television broadcast of a Bundesliga match since their current broadcast agreement began in 2015. An additional 105,000 viewers tuned into FOX Deportes’ Spanish-language broadcast […]

Mexico’s 4-2 recent friendly over Paraguay at Levi's Stadium averaged 1.7 million viewers on UniMás and Univision Deportes Network, making it the most-watched soccer match on television so far in 2019. Mexico’s match against Chile just four days earlier ranks as the third most-watched this year with 1.6 million viewers. Meanwhile, Arsenal’s victory over Manchester […]

It was another disappointing couple of weeks for FOX Sports 1’s MLS coverage as they are averaging just 182,400 viewers through their first five broadcasts of the season despite frequently featuring some of the league’s most popular teams in each of their broadcasts this season. Overall, MLS has seen a 27% decrease in viewership to […]

MLS's opening weekend viewership dropped 7% compared to last season with last weekend’s five nationally broadcast games collectively averaging just 296,600 viewers, down from 318,250 for four national broadcasts to open the 2018 season. Univision saw the largest drop in viewership, with their first MLS broadcast of 2019 down over 24% from 2018. With the […]

The first legs of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 games last week averaged 822,750 viewers across all networks. Univision’s Spanish-language broadcasts accounted for 54% of the viewership with 443,000 average viewers, while TNT’s English-language broadcasts averaged 379,750 viewers. First leg viewership peaked on Tuesday with 510,000 viewers watching Liverpool’s 0-0 draw with Bayern […]

TNT’s broadcast of Manchester United vs Paris Saint-Germain on February 12 was the most-watched UEFA Champions League Round of 16 match in the past two seasons (2017, 2018), averaging 453,000 viewers. Only Arsenal’s 2016 match against Barcelona beat it out (523,000 viewers). An additional 369,000 viewers watched PSG beat United on UniMás, to bring the […]

The first leg of the Copa Del Rey semifinal between Barcelona and Real Madrid was the most-watched program among Spanish-language sports cable networks last Wednesday, averaging 585,000 viewers on beIN SPORTS en Español. The English-language broadcast averaged an additional 235,000 viewers. Manchester City’s 4-0 victory over Chelsea last Sunday averaged a combined 1.081 million viewers […]

The United States Men’s National Team’s friendly against Costa Rica last Saturday drew a combined 960,000 viewers on FOX and Univision Deportes Network. In English, the game was beaten out by two different Premier League matches on Saturday (including Cardiff-Bournemouth) and Sunday’s games. Still, the match was the most-watched game on English-language networks featuring the […]

Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Chelsea on January 19 was the most-watched Premier League match of the season so far, averaging 1.38 million viewers across the NBC broadcast network and Spanish-language Universo. The reverse fixture from August of 2018 previously held the record for the 2018/19 season with an average of 1.167 million viewers across the […]

The Premier League saw two matches break the one million viewer mark this past weekend. Sunday’s match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United was NBCSN’s most-watched Premier League match since the Manchester Derby of December 2017 with a total audience delivery of 947,000 viewers. The match averaged 876,000 of those viewers through the linear NBCSN […]

Real Madrid lifted their fourth FIFA Club World Cup trophy this December, making them the most successful club in the tournament’s history. The 8-match tournament averaged 129,125 viewers on Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Universo. Viewership peaked at 316,000 for the final between European champions Real Madrid and Al-Ain who represented the host nation United Arab […]

The conclusion to the 2018 Liga MX Apertura totaled 4.8 million viewers across both legs on Univision and Univision Deportes. The Gran Final saw Club América win their 13th league title, defeating Cruz Azul 2-0 on aggregate. Viewership was up 28% from the 2018 Clausura Final matches in May of this year and up a […]

This past week saw eight soccer matches break 1 million viewers on television in the United States. It all started last Thursday evening with the first leg of the Liga MX Liguilla Semifinal between Pumas and Club América, which averaged 1.8 million viewers across Univision’s networks and tied with the reverse fixture three days later […]