The European Championship and the Copa América event each got here to dramatic ends on Sunday, ushering in much more record-breaking audiences with the ultimate matches.
Spain defeated England in what’s now the most-watched non-World Cup soccer telecast in Fox historical past with 6.4M viewers tuning in. It’s the most important viewers ever for a Euro telecast on U.S. English-language TV.
Later within the day, Argentina ousted Colombia within the Copa América closing, scoring 6M viewers. That’s additionally a document for the event’s English-language U.S. viewers and, after the Euro closing, it’s Fox’s second most-watched non-World Cup soccer telecast.
Throughout Fox and FS1, the Euro Championship averaged about 1.7M viewers, which is up 34% from 2021. In the meantime, Copa América noticed spectacular 359% progress with a mean of 1.4M viewers. They each now stand because the most-watched respective tournaments in English-language TV historical past.
The summer time of soccer didn’t simply bode nicely for English-language TV. TelevisaUnivision’s Spanish-language telecast of Copa América closing delivered 5.2M viewers throughout Univision and TUDN. The match window soared to six.35M viewers, making it the most important Univision viewers because the 2014 World Cup closing.
Sunday’s England-Spain match delivered 3M viewers, now standing because the most-watched Euro closing ever in Spanish-language, up 13% from the earlier comparable closing.
