📺 A country at a standstill, Spain v France breaks viewing records | OneFootball

The Spanish national football team has not only made history on the pitch by qualifying for the grand final of the 2026 World Cup after defeating France. It has also done so on television screens.

The joint broadcast of the match smashed the ratings this Tuesday, reaching a colossal 81.3% audience share and drawing an average of 14,514,000 viewers in front of the TV.

The public broadcaster, the absolute leader

The main beneficiary of this historic figure was public television. TVE’s La 1 absolutely dominated the night, drawing 12,716,000 fans on its own, which translated into a staggering 71.2% share. 

Within the RTVE ecosystem, the alternative channels also contributed their own figures: Teledeporte posted a 2.6% audience share (460,000 viewers), and La 2 de TVE, in its Catalonia broadcast, recorded an overall 1.8% that translated into a superb 11.5% share in that region.

Meanwhile, the pay platform DAZN Mundial added a notable 5.7% share to this great football celebration, attracting 1,009,000 viewers. 

This match already ranks as one of the most-watched broadcasts in Spain’s history. Still some way off, however, from the 2010 South Africa final.

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📸 PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU - AFP or licensors