FIFA World Cup Final Beat Super Bowl LVI By More Than One BILLION Viewers In TV Ratings

FIFA has claimed that around 1.5 billion people watched the 2022 World Cup final on television. That is over a billion more than watched Super Bowl LVI.

Robert Summerscales | Jan 18, 2023

FIFA World Cup Final Beat Super Bowl LVI By More Than One BILLION Viewers In TV Ratings /

FIFA has claimed that around 1.5 billion people watched the 2022 World Cup final live on television.

Those viewers witnessed a thrilling exhibition of sporting drama as Lionel Messi's Argentina beat Kylian Mbappe's France in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 draw in Qatar.

One month on from that famous final, FIFA published some data regarding Qatar 2022.

As well as estimating that the final "achieved a global reach of close to 1.5 billion viewers", FIFA claimed that the tournament resulted in "almost six billion engagements on social media".

To put a global TV audience of 1.5 billion into perspective, Super Bowl LVI was watched live by fewer than 200 million people worldwide.

Meanwhile, the UEFA Champions League final generally attracts around 400 million live TV viewers.

A TV camera operator at Lusail Stadium pictured filming the 2022 World Cup final between Argentina and France :: IMAGO/Sportimage/David Klein

Published Jan 18, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.