2026 World Cup / England - Argentina: best audience of the tournament on M6, excluding France matches

England - Argentina (1-2), the second semi-final of the 2026 World Cup, drew an average of 8.97 million viewers on the private free-TV channel M6 in France, on Wednesday 15 July 2026 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the French audience measurement institute Médiamétrie.

This figure represented an audience share of 48.3 %. This is the best audience of the tournament excluding matches involving the French team, according to the M6 group. The match was also broadcast live on the pay-TV channel beIN SPORTS 1, whose audience figures were not released.

The first semi-final, won by Spain against France (2-0), drew an average of 20.24 million viewers with an audience share of 73.1 % on M6 on Tuesday 14 July 2026 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), making it the best audience of the year in…