26 million people watched the World Cup final

[Regular_P]

Sounds like it's more or less in line with previous Finals:

All-time World Cup Final among most-watched soccer matches

An all-time FIFA World Cup Final delivered one of the top soccer audiences ever on U.S. TV as Argentina-France topped 22 million viewers.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

On a linear basis, the World Cup final ranks fifth all-time among soccer matches in the United States behind the match window figures for the 2015 Women’s World Cup Final (USWNT-Japan: 26.7M), 2014 Germany-Argentina men’s final (26.7M), 2014 USMNT-Portugal group stage match (24.7M) and 2010 Spain-Netherlands final (24.3M).

Just like the Olympics gets good ratings but nobody is watching track and field outside of that.

 

[SchoolboyC]

I believe game 6 of the NBA finals was 14 million and game 6 of the World Series was 13 million. So for the World Cup to get 26 million is pretty impressive for the US. Especially a game at 10 AM with the West Coast having to watch at 7 am. Time to admit that Soccer is right up there with baseball in this country at the very least.

Caveat is that the World Cup is an every four year massive world event. What do the Champions League finals numbers look or other season games

 

[42 Monks]

considering there was no real homegrown interest even playing in the finals at that point, that's actually pretty solid

 

[Killah Ray]

I mean if the Finals or the World Series were one game only the ratings would be a helluva lot higher for them. It’s why football is king cause every game matters in the playoffs.

 

[MikelArteta]

Sounds like it's more or less in line with previous Finals:

All-time World Cup Final among most-watched soccer matches

An all-time FIFA World Cup Final delivered one of the top soccer audiences ever on U.S. TV as Argentina-France topped 22 million viewers.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

Just like the Olympics gets good ratings but nobody is watching track and field outside of that.

We love track on the coli

 

[Regular_P]

We love track on the coli

Let's see those thread numbers.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Its very telling that the a sport Americans generally don't care about does better TV ratings than the NBA finals, the NHL finals and the MLB finals. Of course the NFL is different but that's 3 of the big 4 sports in the US

It does show interest when comparing it to sports outside of the NFL

true. I'm not on some anti soccer shyt, with more context agreed

 

[number21]

All those numbers won't carry over to the MLS. So, it doesn't matter tbh

 

[viktordoomsecretwars]

I mean if the Finals or the World Series were one game only the ratings would be a helluva lot higher for them. It’s why football is king cause every game matters in the playoffs.

This argument is not very good.

If the MLB or NBA finals was 1 game , they still won't touch Superbowl numbers.

Game 7's in the NBA don't do NFL regular season game numbers.

The NFL is just way more popular than any other American sport. The superbowl is the most watched TV program irregardless of category.

 

[Killah Ray]

This argument is not very good.

If the MLB or NBA finals was 1 game , they still won't touch Superbowl numbers.

Game 7's in the NBA don't do NFL regular season game numbers.

The NFL is just way more popular than any other American sport. The superbowl is the most watched TV program irregardless of category.

Oh no doubt. I’m just saying that the ratings would be closer to the World Cup numbers I’d imagine. Football runs shyt here in the US and will do so for at least another generation.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

42 million people watched a regular season cowboys game on THANKSGIVING.

not really the stat you want to use to show us' interest in soccer

ok, so coming in #2 is a bad thing for a sport (MLS) that's a general afterthought domestically? it's actually a really great stat to show there is interest that can be nurtured here with more marketing and earlier exposure

 

[Nero Christ]

This is the real important number...Soccer/futbol is a lot more marketable to a lot more people than the NFL.

 

[Koapa]

Its very telling that the a sport Americans generally don't care about does better TV ratings than the NBA finals, the NHL finals and the MLB finals. Of course the NFL is different but that's 3 of the big 4 sports in the US

How many people watched the MLS final 2021?

2.155 million viewers

 

[number21]

How many people watched the MLS final 2021?

2.155 million viewers

Some of these brehs are tripping over themselves to push their narratives.

 

[Harry B]

How many people watched the MLS final 2021?

2.155 million viewers

That's like the 15th best league in the world excluding the regional ones.

My guess is that people in Denmark or Switzerland are more likely to watch the Champions league or World cup final than their league.