The US win over Spain in the FIFA Women’s World Cup saw its early time hurt viewership, with the game down from its 2015 equivalent to earn a 2.5 overnight score on FS1, with Austin leading all markets. Still, on the digital front, the daytime match drew 618,000 unique streamers overall, up 277% over the 2015 equivalent, with an average minute audience of 204,000, up 43% over the previous best WWC matchup between USA/Sweden during the Group Stage.
Meanwhile, Telemundo Deportes’ presentation of USA/Spain on Monday drew a Total Audience Delivery of 740,000 viewers across Telemundo, NBCSN, TelemundoDeportes.com, the Telemundo Deportes app, and the NBC Sports app, to rank as the most-watched weekday FIFA Women’s World Cup match in Spanish-language television history, according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. The U.S. Women’s National Team’s 2-1 victory against Spain peaked at 951,000 TV-only viewers on Telemundo and NBCSN in the 1:45-2pm ET quarter hour.
