2020 US Cable Viewership Averages, by Tournament/League

Since we are only 12 days away from the end of calendar year 2020, here are the viewership averages for soccer matches by tournament/league on cable television in the United States.

Figures in viewership (Average, Median) are in 000's. 

I'll have a few important housekeeping notes under the table.

League/Event	Average	Median	Count
USMNT	343	323	4
CONCACAF Champs League	336	353	16
English Premier League	326	308	158
USWNT	280	307	7
LigaMX	239	193	222
UEFA Champions League	222	197	47
FA Cup	216	206	4
Mexican NT	191	176	11
MLS	179	156	92
Copa por Mexico	155	153	6
UEFA Super Cup	152	152	1
Bundesliga	151	125	39
UEFA Nations League	138	138	20
Copa MX	132	120	12
Soccer Friendly	124	124	1
UEFA Europa League	121	83	9
La Liga	110	95	19
Serie A	99	90	23
LigaMX - Women	97	102	3
Women's Super League	89	90	3
International Friendly	68	68	1
Ligue 1	67	67	1

• These are games only, no studio shows.
• Sorted by Average Viewership
• Games not falling in the top 150 cable shows on the day they aired are not included (it is very few).
• This looks at games across all cable networks. ESPN has the largest net, something like 90 million homes. It carries MLS, FA Cup, USMNT for example. TUDN, which carries almost all Liga MX games, is only in about 45 million homes.
• REMINDER: These is games on United States cable only. No traditional broadcast figures (ABC, NBC, FOX) are included. Those numbers live in their own universe. 
• Streaming numbers for sports are not significant enough to move these numbers much as a %.

Soccer Cable TV Ratings, Nov 24-29

Liga MX on TUDN led the way this week. Big cable numbers (in the soccer world that's anything over 700k or so).

Soccer ratings appear to be higher than normal for this time of year (observation). Perhaps because college basketball is having a rough start.

US Cable Soccer programs, Nov 24-29
Viewers (000)	Event/Game	Network	Date
897	LIGA MX SAT 2: QF: AMERICA / GUADALAJARA	TUDN	Nov 28, 20
813	LIGA MX L: QF: CRUZ AZUL / TIGRES	TUDN	Nov 29, 20
744	PREMIER LEAGUE L: TOTTENHAM/CHELSEA	NBCSN	Nov 29, 20
546	LIGA MX THU 2: QF: PACHUCA VS UNAM	TUDN	Nov 26, 20
500	LIGA MX THU: QF: TIGRES VS CRUZ AZUL	TUDN	Nov 26, 20
497	LIGA MX SAT: QF: LEON / PUEBLA	TUDN	Nov 28, 20
482	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	NBCSN	Nov 29, 20
478	MLS REGULAR SEASON:PHIL/NEW ENGLAND	ESPN	Nov 24, 20
457	MLS REGULAR SEASON      L: SEATTLE/LAFC	ESPN	Nov 24, 20
441	PREMIER LEAGUE L: BURNLEY/MAN CITY	NBCSN	Nov 28, 20
423	PREMIER LEAGUE L: WOLVES/ARSENAL	NBCSN	Nov 29, 20
408	PREMIER LEAGUE L: UNITED/SOUTHAMPTON	NBCSN	Nov 29, 20
380	LIGA MX L: QF: PUEBLA / LEON	TUDN	Nov 25, 20
281	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	NBCSN	Nov 28, 20
247	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	NBCSN	Nov 29, 20
240	MLS PLAYOFFS L: TORONTO/NASHVILLE	FS1	Nov 24, 20
224	UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE: INTER VS. REAL MADRID	TUDN	Nov 25, 20
222	LIGA MX L: QF: UNAM/ PACHUCA	TUDN	Nov 29, 20
220	PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE	NBCSN	Nov 29, 20
206	PREMIER LEAGUE L: SHEFFIELD/WEST BROM	NBCSN	Nov 28, 20
203	MLS PLAYOFFS : COLUMBUS CREW/NASHVILLE	ESPN	Nov 29, 20
176	PREMIER LEAGUE L: NEWCASTLE/PALACE	NBCSN	Nov 27, 20
162	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	NBCSN	Nov 28, 20
137	UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE: DYNAMO BARCELONA	TUDN	Nov 24, 20
128	PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE	NBCSN	Nov 27, 20
124	PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE	NBCSN	Nov 28, 20
94	UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAG: JUVE FERENCVAROSI	GALA	Nov 24, 20
92	MLS PLAYOFFS: COLUMBUS/NASHVILLE	ESPN DEP	Nov 29, 20
79	UEFA CHAMPS EN 60	TUDN	Nov 26, 20
78	UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE: TOT / LUDOGRETS	TUDN	Nov 26, 20
69	LIGA PREMIER: ARSENAL VS WOLVERHAMPTON	UNIVERSO	Nov 29, 20

US Cable Soccer Ratings Nov 12-18

A light week last week due to the FIFA international break. USMNT v Panama lead the way, but with only 222k viewers. 

MLS restarts with their playoff tournament tonight. Over in the Premier League, there are a number of interesting matchups... Tottenham v Man City (NBC) tomorrow at noon then Sunday at 11:30 AM EST has Leeds v Arsenal and Liverpool v Leicester following that, both on NBCSN.

US Cable Soccer programs Nov 12-18
Viewers (000)	Event/Game	Network	Date
222	INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY L: USA/PANAMA	FS1	Nov 16, 20
215	UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE   L: BELGIUM/ENGLAND	ESPN	Nov 15, 20
205	INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY L: WALES/USA	FS1	Nov 12, 20
159	UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE: BELGICA / INGLATERRA	TUDN	Nov 15, 20
144	MNT R: MEXICO VS KOREA DEL SUR	TUDN	Nov 17, 20
133	UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE   L: CROATIA/PORTUGAL	ESPN2	Nov 17, 20
127	UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE L: GALES / IRELANDA	TUDN	Nov 15, 20
97	UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE: POLAND/NETHERLANDS	ESPN2	Nov 18, 20

Cable Soccer Ratings, Nov 6-11

Relatively light soccer on cable week. No doubt, since these are US viewers, the prolonged election news coverage impacts this. That said, Liga MX is in full stride on TUDN (in about half the homes of ESPN, FS1, NBCSN). 

On network TV, the Premier League NBC game last Saturday did well with nearly 900k viewers, while the MLS game on ABC on Sunday disappointed again by not topping 400k. MLS had three Sundays in a row on ABC and they couldn't seem to build interest as their regular season wrapped up.

US Cable Soccer programs Nov 6 - Nov 11
Viewers (000)	Event/Game	Network	Date
420	LIGA MX FRI: FC JUAREZ / AMERICA	TUDN	Nov 6, 20
394	LIGA MX SAT 2: CRUZ AZUL / UNAM	TUDN	Nov 7, 20
329	PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEEDS/CRYSTAL PALACE	NBCSN	Nov 7, 20
329	PREMIER LEAGUE L: MAN UNITED/EVERTON	NBCSN	Nov 7, 20
304	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	NBCSN	Nov 7, 20
282	PREMIER LEAGUE L: WOLVES/LEICESTER	NBCSN	Nov 8, 20
245	PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO	NBCSN	Nov 8, 20
210	LIGA MX SAT: TIGRES / ATLAS	TUDN	Nov 7, 20
197	LIGA MX L: PUEBLA FC / CLUB ATLETICO	TUDN	Nov 6, 20
168	PREMIER LEAGUE L	NBCSN	Nov 8, 20
164	LIGA MX: SANTOS VS MAZATLAN	FOX DEP	Nov 8, 20
103	LIGA MX SUN: TOLUCA / LEON	TUDN	Nov 8, 20
84	LIGA MX L: QUERETARO / TIJUANA	TUDN	Nov 8, 20
81	LIGA MX L: PACHUCA / NECAXA	TUDN	Nov 7, 20
57	LIGA MX PREVIA	FOX DEP	Nov 8, 20