What Cities Tuned in the Most? Top Three Markets for the Complete Tournament: Austin (2.21), San Diego (2.03) and Kansas City (1.98)
Through the complete tournament, FOX Sports garnered nearly one billion minutes of FIFA Women’s World Cup™ digital content consumed across FOX platforms.
Most-Watched U.S. English-language TV Match Since 2015 Final Tops 2018 Men’s Final by 22%, Lifts Full Sunday of Soccer
Peaking at nearly 20 million … and out performing the men’s …
Sunday’s exciting USA 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ final delivered 14,271,000 viewers, peaking at nearly 20 million, across FOX and streaming services, making it the most-watched soccer match on English-language television in the U.S. since the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ final.
Scoring nearly 14 million viewers on FOX alone, the match peaked at 19,595,000 and out-performed the men’s 2018 FIFA World Cup™ final by +22% (11,441,000).
And, this was the Most-Streamed FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Final Ever
- The complete FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ averaged a 1.29 on FOX, FS1 and FS2 among metered markets
- Up +1% from 2015 (1.28)
- Up +19% from 2011 (1.08)
- 2-0 U.S. final victory over the
Netherlands scored a 10.0/27- +20% better than last year’s men’s final (8.3/21)
- Best metered market rating for a U.S. soccer telecast since the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ final
And FOX Sports provided excellent coverage of the tournament.
From @MiaHamm and @serenawilliams to @TomBrady and @StephenCurry30, EVERYONE was tuned in to the USWNT’s fourth FIFA Women’s World Cup triumph. 🐐🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/MnELEBewSP
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 7, 2019
Sunday’s final also was +4% higher than
Overall, household ratings for the complete FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ posted a +2% increase over full tournament ratings for 2015 and are up +11% over the full 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup™.
During the tournament, the U.S. victory over France was the most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup™ quarterfinal ever, and USA’s win over Chile was the most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup™ group stage match ever.
Across streaming platforms, Sunday’s match delivered an average minute audience of 289,000 viewers, making it the most-streamed FIFA Women’s World Cup™ final in history, up +402% over the same match in 2015.
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It was also a record day for FOX Sports social media, which measured 17.8 million views across platforms for the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ final, out-pacing the 2018 men’s final by 18% with both Twitter and YouTube setting new daily records for the tournament.
Through the complete tournament, FOX Sports garnered nearly one billion minutes of FIFA Women’s World Cup™ digital content consumed across FOX platforms.
The USA’s FIFA Women’s World Cup™ final victory drove FOX Sports to a full day of impressive soccer viewership, as the Concacaf Gold Cup final between the U.S. Men’s National Team and Mexico that evening measured as the most-watched non-World Cup soccer telecast on FS1 ever. More than 3 million viewers watched on FS1 and streaming sources – while 2.88 million tuned in on FS1 alone, up +62% over 2017’s final match and +252% over
What was the FOX Sports Coverage Like?
FOX SPORTS GOES ALL IN FOR SOCCER’S CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY
FOX Sports offered extended digital coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ from Lyon, with co-hosts current Concacaf Head of Women’s Football Karina LeBlanc and Aaron West on Twitter via @FOXSports and @FOXSoccer.
Rob Stone hosted FIFA Women’s World Cup™ final pre- and postgame coverage from Paris’ famed Café de l’Homme alongside an international panel of experts – Heather O’Reilly, Kelly Smith, Ari Hingst, Eni Aluko and Alexi Lalas. Jenny Taft co-hosted pre- and postgame coverage from Lyon alongside Canadian five-time World Cup veteran and LeBlanc. Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain once again voiced her support for the U.S. WNT in FOX Sports’ pre-final hype video.
World Cup™ veteran Aly Wagner joined legendary play-by-play announcer JP Dellacamera to call USA vs. Netherlands with Alex Curry reporting from the sideline.
Source: FOX Sports Press Release(s)
