Spain’s victory over Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup remaining attracted a peak viewers of 15.8 million on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The BBC loved a 64% share of all TV viewing for the match, with a mean of 13.9m watching as Ferran Torres’ extra-time strike sealed Spain’s second World Cup triumph.
The ultimate was streamed 11.1m occasions on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site and app, together with 2.4m UHD streams on iPlayer.
The BBC Sport dwell textual content protection on the web site and app was seen greater than 18.8m occasions, together with 14.2 million views within the UK, offering followers with the newest information, evaluation and updates from the match.
Saturday’s third-place play-off between England and France introduced in a peak viewers of 11.8m on BBC One and iPlayer, with a mean viewers of 10.8m.
Throughout the World Cup as a complete, the BBC noticed an total attain of 42.8 million throughout TV viewing.
Audiences streamed World Cup matches 237 million occasions on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport web site and app, greater than double the 2022 World Cup, and soccer dominated BBC iPlayer, with World Cup content material accounting for 33% of all the pieces streamed through the competitors.
Moreover, the BBC Sport web site and app attracted 57.2 million distinctive guests, with followers viewing BBC Sport content material 1.7 billion occasions, match highlights of World Cup matches had been streamed 67.3m occasions whereas the brand new BBC Soccer YouTube channel generated 100m views throughout a various vary of content material.
Throughout social media, clips, interviews, evaluation, press conferences and fan moments attracted 2.55 billion video views.
The highest-performing video of the World Cup was Egypt winger Mostafa Zico’s interview after Egypt went out to Argentina, with 77 million views on TikTok alone.
Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport, mentioned: “This has been a World Cup we’ll always remember, and that is completely all the way down to the tens of millions of people that selected to expertise it with the BBC.
“Thanks to everybody who watched, streamed, listened, learn, shared and joined us all through the match.
“Whether or not you had been watching at house, following in your telephone through the working day, catching up on Soccer Day by day or diving into our new interactive experiences, you made this a summer season of soccer that introduced the nation collectively.”
