Australias clash against the USA drew an audience of 2.187m at 5am on Saturday morning – was always going to be lower than the 3.035m that watched the previous weeks game at 1pm. The AFL had three matches on FTA TV – 2 were only shown in SA and 1 in NSW and did not make the ratings lists.
Aggregate reported ratings for this world cup on SBS total 19.773m at an average of 549,000 per broadcast. Live broadcasts average 640,000 per match. Average broadcast audiences for matches not featuring Australia is 498,000. Matches involving Australia average 2.611m per game.
Saturday #FIFAWC26 on SBS
- USA/Aus 2.187m (BVOD 1.005m) Rch 3.414m
- SCO/MAR 804k (BVOD 387k) Rch 1.685m
- TUR/PAR 634k (BVOD 308k) Rch 1.453m
- BRA/HAI 569k (BVOD 357k) Rch 1.259m
World Cup ratings tracker is here.
Data: VOZ