Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Soccer Viewership: OCT 23 - 29

Club America on Univision + TUDN takes the top spot this week, but Liga MX remains down -30% over the summer months vs. last year.

Highlights/Lowlights:

• Premier League drops to -8% YOY on NBC but jumps up 4% on USA. Pretty quiet on the Peacock front, but I'm sure there is growth there.

• The USWNT played two games vs. Colombia last week and Span-lang led the way with 439k on Telemundo. TNT's pulled 235k. This mirrors what is happening with the US Men. There's often more interest in the team they are playing than the US itself.

• MLS made a rare appearance last week. Two playoff games on FS1 fail to reach 100k, which matches what the league has pulled all season during this APPLE age of broadcasting. Verses previous years it is down about 50k or so. Games involving Seattle sometimes would jump 200k.

• As for estimates of how many are watching on Season Pass? I still think it's around 30-70k total spread across all the games on at a given time.

• If you see a "+T" or similar it means it is a combined total with the simulcast. Usually, it is Univision + TUDN. You don't see it with, for example, the US Women on TNT and TEL because they are competing networks and it isn't the same broadcast (not a simulcast).

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US TV Viewership: OCT 23 - 29
PREMIER LEAGUE
LIGA MX (Mexican Soccer)
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Viewers (000)Event/GameNetworkDate
812LIGA MX IF SAT: MONTERREY VS AMERICA +TUNI10/28
631LIGA MX-CHIVAS-TEL-UNVSO: VS TIGRESTEL10/28
603NBC PREMIER LEAGUE: NEWCASTLE AT WOLVESNBC10/28
526LIGA MX EF SAT: CRUZ AZUL VS LEON +TUNI10/28
483NBC PREMIER LEAGUE POST: N/ANBC10/28
479LIGA MX SAT: PACHUCA VS PUEBLA +TUNI10/28
439AMISTOSO-FEM-TEL-UNVSO: EE.UU. V. COLOMBIATEL10/29
439PREMIER LEAGUE L: SHEFFIELD/ARSENALUSA10/28
401LA LIGA: REAL MADRID/FC BARCELONAESPD10/28
364FUTBOL CENTRAL EF SAT: LIGA MX EF SAT +TUNI10/28
346PREMIER LEAGUE L: EVERTON/WEST HAMUSA10/29
336PREMIER LEAGUE L: BRENTFORD/CHELSEAUSA10/28
331PREMIER LEAGUE L: TOTTENHAM/CPALACEUSA10/27
311USA SOCCER PREGAME: N/ATBS10/26
298PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO: N/AUSA10/29
289PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO: N/AUSA10/28
287PREMIER LEAGUE L: FULHAM/TOTTENHAMUSA10/23
274USA SOCCER WOMEN L: USA/COLOMBIATBS10/26
235USA SOCCER WOMEN L: USA/COLOMBIATNT10/29
201PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO: N/AUSA10/29
198LIGA MX IF SAT: MONTERREY / AMERICA +UNITUDN10/28
177LIGA PREMIER 3ER - SUN: N/ATEL10/29
171WELCOME TO WREXHAM: 0210-GRESFORDFX10/24
137PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO: N/AUSA10/27
134WELCOME TO WREXHAM: 0211-YN CODIFX10/24
125UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: SC BRAGA VS. REALTUDN10/24
123LIGA PREMIER - SUN AM: WEST HAM V. EVERTONTEL10/29
122PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO: N/AUSA10/23
121PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE: N/AUSA10/23
109USA SOCCER POSTGAME: N/ATNT10/29
106UEFA EUROPA LEA: LIVERPOOL V. TOULOUSE +UMATUDN10/26
98LIGA MX L: NECAXA / UNAMTUDN10/27
98USA SOCCER PREGAME: N/ATNT10/29
94USA SOCCER POSTGAME: N/ATBS10/26
93ESPN FC L: N/AESPN210/27
90UEFA CHAMPIONS LEA: GALATASARAY/BAYERN +UMATUDN10/24
85UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: N/ATUDN10/25
81MLS PLAYOFFS L: ROUND I:ST LOUIS/SKCFS110/29
81UEFA CHAMPIONS LEA: BARCA V. SHAKHTAR +UMATUDN10/25
77MISION EUROPA L: N/ATUDN10/24
77MLS PLAYOFFS L: ROUND I:CINCINNATI/NYRFS110/29
74LIGA MX L: MONTERREY / TIJUANATUDN10/25
70MISION EUROPA L: N/ATUDN10/26
68LIGA MX L: MAZATLAN / QUERETAROTUDN10/27
67GERMAN BUNDESLIGA: E FRANKFURT/B DORTMUNDESPN210/29
58LIGA MX: JUAREZ VS SAN LUISFOXD10/25
54UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE: OLYMPIACOS/WEST HAMTUDN10/26
42FUTBOL CENTRAL 1: + U MATUDN10/24
38AMISTOSO-FEM-TEL-UNVSO: EE.UU. VS. COLOMBIAUNIVERSO10/29
38FUTBOL CENTRAL L: N/ATUDN10/25
33FUTBOL CLUB L: N/ATUDN10/26
28LIGA MX FEMENIL: ATLAS VS GUADALAJARAFOXD10/24
28MISION EUROPA L: N/ATUDN10/25
21FUTBOL CLUB L: N/ATUDN10/24
18LIGA MX L: ) FC JUAREZ/ATLETICO DE SAN LUISFS110/25
15UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1: CELTIC VS ATLETICOGALA10/25
14FUTBOL CENTRAL 1: + UMATUDN10/25
11LIGA MX PREVIA: JUAREZ VS SAN LUISFOXD10/25
9FUTBOL PICANTE: N/AESPD10/26

Sources: Nielsen Data via Sports Media Watch, Spoiler TV, SportsTVRatings

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Note: My primary source for this data has changed from ShowBuzzDaily to a combination of Sports TV Ratings, Sports Media Watch and Spoiler TV. My weekly report will be posted on Wednesdays with the exception of holidays.

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