Pulisic, Balogun & Co.’s heroics at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium made World Cup television history. The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team’s opening match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup delivered 15.986 million viewers across Fox,

Fans in the United States tuned in en masse for the US national team's World Cup opener. Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images The Athletic has live coverage of Belgium vs Egypt in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The US men’s national team opened its 2026 World Cup ...

Considering the Super Bowl is just one day and that the World Cup spans longer than a month, the viewership data favors the latter. In the 2026 tournament, the viewership is predicted to surpass 5 billion people across the world, making that an average of 128.2 million per day across 39 days.

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! The United States men’s national team stole headlines with a 4-1 win over Paraguay in its World Cup opener Friday, but the game’s viewership numbers were perhaps even more impressive.

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Japan hit back twice to start their World Cup campaign with an entertaining 2-2 draw against the Netherlands - but ITV viewers were not impressed

The German national team's World Cup debut broke a TV record: An average of 23.43 million people watched the 7-1 victory against Curaçao on Das Erste.