2026 World Cup / France: best audience of the year for France - Morocco with 16.09 million viewers on M6

France - Morocco (2-0), quarter-final of the 2026 World Cup, drew an average of 16.09 million viewers on the private free-TV channel M6 in France, on Thursday 9 July 2026 (kick-off at 22:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Médiamétrie.

This figure represented the best audience of the year in France and an audience share of 72.8 %. The match was also broadcast live on the pay-TV channel beIN SPORTS 1, whose audience figures were not released.

In 2022, the World Cup semi-final between the same two teams (which Les Bleus had already won 2-0) drew an average of 20.69 million viewers with a peak at 23.3 million on the free-TV channel TF1, on Wednesday 14 December 2022 (kick-off at 20:00 CET), according to Médiamétrie. Audience share: 66.4 %. The match was also…