The year is coming to a close and that means it’s time to take a look at the 2022 USMNT TV Ratings.
This year was different for the US than any other year for some time. The USMNT returned to the World Cup after missing the 2018 edition of the tournament. Consequently, the side saw a tremendous boost in their television ratings.
The year of the World Cup is one thing. However, the lateness of the tournament meant that qualifying was done early in the year. Having both the qualifying games and the tournament itself in the same calendar year turned out to be a boom for the US. Here are the viewership numbers, both in English and Spanish.
2022 USMNT TV Ratings
Adversary
The Savior
Canada
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
Costa Rica
Morocco
Uruguay
Grenade
The Savior
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Welsh
England
Iran
Netherlands
Event
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Friendly
Friendly
CNL
CNL
Friendly
Friendly
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English
727,000
N/A
843,000
N/A
1,036,000
N/A
457,000
866,000
N/A
394,000
175,000
226,000
7,761,000
15,491,000
12,365,000
13,265,000
Spanish
122,000
210,000
237,000
3,000,000
177,000
166,000
159,000
322,000
127,000
308,000
N/A
N/A
2,292,000
3,240,000
2,215,000
2,092,000
total viewers
849,000
210,000
1,080,000
3,000,000
1,213,000
166,000
616,000
1,188,000
127,000
702,000
175,000
226,000
10,053,000
18,731,000
14,580,000
15,357,000
takeaway in english
The average English-language viewership of 4,467,167 per game is a staggering 499% more than the 745,625 English-language viewers per game in 2021. It also represents a 4% increase from the last time the US reached the World Cup in 2014 when he averaged 4,306,933 English viewers per game over the course of 15 games.
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Unlike the English audience, the Spanish audience of 1,047,643 viewers per game is not a massive increase from 2021. In fact, it is a 1% drop from 1,061,421 viewers per game. The reason for this is twofold. For one, 2021 saw the United States play Mexico three times. The two only played once in 2022. In addition, the away qualifiers that were not shown on English TV were shown on Spanish TV, but they attracted very badly.
General
Overall, 2022 was a very good year for the USMNT on television. The combined audience average of 4,267,063 this year represents an increase of 193% over last year, when the combined average was 1,458,909. That makes 2022 the most watched year for USMNT since 2014, when the combined average was 5,631,133 per game. With the World Cup coming up here in the US, expect those numbers to be even better than these.
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