Zee 5 garnered approximately 6 million viewers during the opening weekend of the tournament. The platform also handled millions of concurrent users as fans streamed live matches, highlights and studio programming.

In their first match of group play during this year's World Cup, the American men put on a tantalizing performance.

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,

Whether you watched it at home or a party, the USA's World Cup win over Paraguay delivered some epic scenes and big numbers.

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.

The World Cup is captivating audiences with viewership numbers that have already hit historic heights, but retired soccer legend Gareth Bale says there needs to be a solution so that “normal” fans are not priced out from actually attending games.

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

Some FIFA World Cup country codes are confusing viewers.