Day 7 of the World Cup (Wednesday) turned in mediocre ratings on ESPN by 2014 standards (2.3 to 3.2 million viewers for the three matches, on the bottom half of the ranking chart). But the 2:30 and 5:30 matches yesterday would still be above the 2010 ESPN average for Group Stage (early round) matches, while the 11:30 am match (Netherlands vs Australia) would be right around the 2010 ESPN Group Stage averages.
| World Cup 2014 — U.S. Television Ratings
(matches ranked by Total Viewers 2+ / recent data in bold) |
Total Viewers |
Demographic Ratings |
|
|
|
ET |
|
Match (winner listed first) |
Score |
Persons 2+ |
Adults
18-49 |
Men
18-49 |
Men
18-34 |
| 1. |
Mon |
Jun 16 |
5:30 pm |
ESPN |
USA vs Ghana |
2-1 |
9,722,000 |
4.12 |
5.56 |
5.74 |
| 2. |
Sun |
Jun 15 |
2:30 pm |
ABC |
France vs Honduras |
3-0 |
4,354,000 |
1.74 |
2.41 |
2.08 |
| 3. |
Sun |
Jun 15 |
5:30 pm |
ESPN |
Argentina vs Bosnia-Herz. |
2-1 |
4,204,000 |
1.88 |
2.63 |
2.65 |
| 4. |
Sat |
Jun 14 |
5:30 pm |
ESPN |
Italy vs England |
2-1 |
4,114,000 |
1.75 |
2.46 |
2.36 |
| 5. |
Thu |
Jun 12 |
4:00 pm |
ESPN |
Brazil vs Croatia |
3-1 |
4,040,000 |
1.72 |
2.43 |
2.76 |
| 6. |
Tue |
Jun 17 |
2:30 pm |
ESPN |
Brazil vs Mexico |
0-0 |
3,847,000 |
1.53 |
2.32 |
2.58 |
| 7. |
Sat |
Jun 14 |
2:30 pm |
ABC |
Costa Rica vs Uruguay |
3-1 |
3,675,000 |
1.52 |
2.19 |
2.13 |
| 8. |
Sun |
Jun 15 |
11:30 am |
ABC |
Switzerland vs Ecuador |
2-1 |
3,652,000 |
1.33 |
1.86 |
1.79 |
| 9. |
Sat |
Jun 14 |
8:30 pm |
ESPN |
Ivory Coast vs Japan |
2-1 |
3,445,000 |
1.44 |
2.06 |
1.77 |
| 10. |
Sat |
Jun 14 |
11:30 am |
ABC |
Colombia vs Greece |
3-0 |
3,288,000 |
1.33 |
1.83 |
1.76 |
| 11. |
Tue |
Jun 17 |
5:30 pm |
ESPN |
Russia vs South Korea |
1-1 |
3,259,000 |
1.38 |
2.02 |
2.05 |
| 12. |
Wed |
Jun 18 |
2:30 pm |
ESPN |
Chile vs Spain |
2-0 |
3,191,000 |
1.27 |
1.88 |
2.02 |
| 13. |
Fri |
Jun 13 |
3:00 pm |
ESPN |
Netherlands vs Spain |
5-1 |
3,103,000 |
1.40 |
2.09 |
2.21 |
| 14. |
Wed |
Jun 18 |
5:30 pm |
ESPN |
Croatia vs Cameroon |
4-0 |
3,036,000 |
1.34 |
1.91 |
1.94 |
| 15. |
Fri |
Jun 13 |
5:30 pm |
ESPN2 |
Chile vs Australia |
1-0 |
2,526,000 |
1.26 |
1.90 |
1.76 |
| 16. |
Mon |
Jun 16 |
11:30 am |
ESPN |
Germany vs Portugal |
4-0 |
2,372,000 |
1.04 |
1.64 |
1.84 |
| 17. |
Wed |
Jun 18 |
11:30 am |
ESPN |
Netherlands vs Australia |
3-2 |
2,293,000 |
0.94 |
1.40 |
1.54 |
| 18. |
Mon |
Jun 16 |
2:30 pm |
ESPN |
Iran vs Nigeria |
0-0 |
2,250,000 |
0.92 |
1.46 |
1.59 |
| 19. |
Fri |
Jun 13 |
11:30 am |
ESPN2 |
Mexico vs Cameroon |
3-1 |
1,889,000 |
0.87 |
1.35 |
1.38 |
| 20. |
Tue |
Jun 17 |
11:30 am |
ESPN |
Belgium vs Algeria |
2-1 |
1,613,000 |
0.66 |
1.01 |
1.14 |
|
Network Averages to Date |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 12-18 |
ESPN |
ESPN Average to Date |
|
3,606,000 |
1.53 |
2.20 |
2.30 |
|
|
June 12-18 |
ABC |
ABC Average to Date |
|
3,742,000 |
1.48 |
2.07 |
1.94 |
|
|
June 12-18 |
ESPN2 |
ESPN2 Average to Date |
|
2,208,000 |
1.07 |
1.63 |
1.57 |
|
|
June 12-18 |
var |
ESPN/ABC/ESPN2 to Date |
|
3,494,000 |
1.47 |
2.12 |
2.15 |
| World Cup 2010 Comparisons |
| ESPN Averages |
|
var |
var. |
var. |
ESPN |
All Live 2010 Matches |
2,281,000 |
1.03 |
1.55 |
1.63 |
|
var |
var. |
var. |
ESPN |
2010 USA Matches |
5,038,000 |
2.19 |
3.14 |
3.34 |
|
var |
June 11-25 |
ESPN |
Group Stage Live Matches |
2,131,000 |
0.97 |
1.47 |
1.57 |
|
var |
June 26-July 7 |
ESPN |
Knockout Stage Live Matches |
2,792,000 |
1.21 |
1.79 |
1.85 |
Note: Next update will be Friday around 1 pm PT with ratings for Thursday’s matches on ESPN: Colombia vs Ivory Coast at 11:30 am ET, Uruguay vs England at 2:30 pm ET and Japan vs Greece at 5:30 pm ET.
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