Billions of Eyes on the World Cup

June 5th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

Even if you haven’t read the research, chances are you would guess that this will be the most watched World Cup in history. Thanks to the growing popularity of football around the world, the tournament being played in a European time zone and some larger countries providing the games for free, more eyes than ever before will tune in for the tournament. There are some interesting numbers regarding the level of interest in various countries.

For example, which three countries draw the highest average ratings per match for international football tournaments?

The answer: Brazil, Argentina and the Netherlands.

Just as they have been tapped as on the field favorites, Brazil also is predicted to win the ratings battle with the highest average rating per match.

That might help to explain the answer to this question. Which team will have the most people watch it during the first three games?

Give up?

The answer is Japan, which not only plays against Brazil but which also will have a huge following throughout Asia and in-country as well.

As for the overall numbers of people expected to watch the World Cup, 28 billion people in aggregate are expected to tune in at some point during the tournament, with 1.2 billion, or 17 percent of the world’s population, tuning in for the July 9 final.

The other 83 percent of will be clicking the remote searching in vain for something more interesting than watching 22 men in shorts kick a ball. I wish them well in their existential efforts.

International Football News – World Cup Blog RSS Feed

http://www.tvsoccerschedule.com JR

We hope to help more people in North America watch their favourite team. We have set up a simple to follow TV schedule:

http://www.tvsoccerschedule.com

Enjoy the Beautiful Game!
Futahaguro

Thanks for the link, although I don’t know what time zone those are listed for.
Akbar

I have trouble believing that Brazil will not be the most-watched country.

Every football fan in the world is interested in Brazil. In fact, I’m pretty sure there are many who only watch Brazil, and their national team.
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K-Klown

The schedule at http://www.tvsoccerschedule.com is for Eastern Daylight Savings Time (U.S.).
John

i think the us will get demolished, they are like the old raiders teams old and slow.
Jimi

akbar….do the number game all of asia will be watching japan many more people than brazil.
Stalin John Manuel B

Argentina will win this world cup. BEWARE OF ARGENTINA
dan

People who don’t give a hoot about the World Cup don’t know what they are missing. It’s their loss, never football’s.
matthew

We love the World Cup here in New York City! More of my friends are interested than ever before after 2002’s outing! I’m rooting for England, then USA, then pretty much just having a blast watching the drama unfold. In NYC the majority of people are rooting for Brasil, England, Italy and USA, in that order. It’s great to see it’s catching on here regardless, ABC and ESPN are doing a great job of coverage. I hope one day we’ll shut down our jobs and watch footie for a month every four years together, but at least we’re making progress!
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Dave Hamilton

Eyes should be on the Top 10 players in this Cup:

Ronaldinho
Kaka
Riquelme
Henry
Shevchenko
Terry
Gallas
Park Ji Sung
Cech
Rooney (if available/healthy)

Players bearing watching:

C. Ronaldo
Kuijt
Robinho

Outstanding youngsters:

Fabregas
Mesi
leehoo

In my opinion ,our fans should love ourselves more than Ronaldinho, Kaka , Henry, Riquelme and so on .However,most of us can not
do it well.
Jasse

I love the World Cup!I am in favor of Brazil for ever! Brazil,come on!
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Argetina will win
Dave.Li

It is so pity that Brazil have not got the champion.They shoud do better.I had wished the record been broken
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