Thursday, August 24, 2023

Soccer Viewership: AUG 14 - 20

The Women's World Cup finale edges out Messi and the League's Cup.

Highlights/Lowlights:

• The Leagues Cup final pulls 1.5m and another 306k on TUDN on the back of Messi. Without Messi doing the heavy lifting for this tournament, I think it's a dud. Don Garber came out very strong in support of it sticking around, however. There's a reason these sorts of things don't exist elsewhere or only happen once every four years. What would a "Messi-less" Leagues Cup pull? Probably less than half in Univision. 0.0 on FS1 and a tiny audience on Season Pass.

• The Premier League accounted for nearly 40% of all viewership last week as their season is getting underway. Manchester United vs. Tottenham pulled a solid 822k on NBC (Peacock not given).

• Liga MX quietly got back in the saddle. I poor 430k showing on Univision, however. Again, I think the impact of the Leagues Cup and Messi has changed things. Short term for sure. Why watch anything else besides the Messi tour? Not sure about long term... yet.

• Back to the WWC - 1.8m for the 6 AM final is probably about what people expected. I believe a USWNT-less world is healthy for the women's game. Something else worth mentioning is that WWC studio shows didn't pop in last week. Something else, else... no streaming figures given for the final, which means they weren't good.

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US TV Viewership: AUG 14 - 20
PREMIER LEAGUE
LIGA MX (Mexican Soccer)
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Viewers (000)Event/GameNetworkDate
1,813FIFA WMN WC: SPAIN VS ENGLANDFOX8/19
1,453LEAGUES CUP: NASHVILLE SC VS INTERUNI8/19
1,058FIFA WMN WC: AUSTRALIA VS ENGLANDFOX8/19
822PREMIER LEAGUE: MANCHESTER UNITED AT SPURSNBC8/19
562FIFA WMN WC: SWEDEN VS AUSTRALIAFOX8/19
557LEAGUES CUP TUE: MONTERREY VS NASHVILLEUniMas8/19
553PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/WEST HAMUSA8/20
536PREMIER LEAGUE L: BOURNEMOUTH/LIVERPOOLUSA8/19
470FIFA WMN WC: SPAIN VS SWEDENFOX8/19
467BUNDESLlGA-8/19: DORTMUND VSFC KOLNABC8/19
457PREMIER LEAGUE L: WOLVES/MAN UNITEDUSA8/14
441FIFA WMN WC: SWEDEN VS AUSTRALIAFOX8/18
430LIGA MX FRI: UNAM VS TOLUCAUNI8/18
425UEFA SUPER CUP: MANCHESTER CITY VS SEVILLAUNI8/18
408PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO:USA8/19
407FIFA WMN WC: SPAIN VS ENGLANDFOX8/16
364PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO:USA8/20
362FIFA WMN WC: ESPANA VS. INGLATERRATEL8/16
339PREMIER LEAGUE L: EVERTON/ASTON VILLAUSA8/20
327PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE:USA8/20
322FIFA WMN WC: ESPANA VS. INGLATERRATEL8/15
306LEAGUES CUP: NASHVILLE / INTER MIAMITUDN8/19
258LIGA PREMIER: TOTTENHAM V. MAN UNITEDTEL8/14
233LIGA PREMIER: LIVERPOOL V. BORNEMOUTHTEL8/14
210PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO:USA8/19
208PREMIER LEAGUE L: SHEFFIELD/NOTTINGHAMUSA8/18
181PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE:USA8/14
135PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO:USA8/20
132PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE:USA8/18
57ESPNFC PRESS PASS: WOMENS SOCCER SPECIALESPN28/16
54PUNTO FINAL:FOXD8/19

 Sources: Sports Media Watch, Spoiler TV

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Note: My primary source for this data has changed from ShowBuzzDaily to a combination of Sports Media Watch and Spoiler TV. Bear with me while I get my hands around providing this data. Thank you.

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