US World Cup win over Iran draws 15.5M on US broadcasts

By: The Associated Press Posted: 1:47 PM CST Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022 Last Modified: 2:17 PM CST Friday, Dec. 2, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States' 1-0 win over Iran that earned the Americans a berth in the World Cup knockout rounds was seen by nearly 15.5 million people on U.S. English- and Spanish-language broadcasts and digital streams.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The United States’ 1-0 win over Iran that earned the Americans a berth in the World Cup knockout rounds was seen by nearly 15.5 million people on U.S. English- and Spanish-language broadcasts and digital streams.

The game, which kicked off off at 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, was viewed by 12,013,000 on Fox, including 954,004 digital streams, the most for a World Cup match for the network. That was up from 521,715 streams for the 0-0 draw between U.S. and England on Black Friday and 511,822 for the Americans’ opening 1-1 tie with Wales on Nov. 21.

Tuesday’s Spanish-language telecast was seen by 2.34 million on Telemundo, and an additional 1.12 million viewed the stream on Telemundo digital and Peacock.

Peyton Olson, center, reacts to a goal scored by the United States during the Qatar World Cup group B soccer match against Iran, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star via AP)

The three U.S. group stage matches averaged 11.7 million, up 10% from an average of 10,622,000 for the trio of matches on ESPN in 2014.

The U.S.-England game on Black Friday was viewed by 20.6 million in English and Spanish, including broadcast and digital.

The match was seen by 18,730,350 on English- and Spanish-language U.S. televisions, according to Nielsen, making it the second-most-watched U.S. World Cup game since 1994 — behind the 2-2 draw with Portugal at 19,757,173. It was also fourth-most-watched men’s World Cup game since 1994 involving any team.

The Black Friday game drew 15,490,597, the most for an English-language telecast of a U.S. men’s World Cup game dating to 1994.

In addition, the game was streamed by 521,715 on Fox in English, and 1.27 million on Telemundo and Peacock in Spanish.

The U.S.’s opening 1-1 draw with Wales on Nov. 21 was viewed by 11.7 million.

Telemundo and Peacock are divisions of NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast Corp.

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