2026 World Cup/Final: best audience for a World Cup match and second-highest TV audience ever in Spain

Spain - Argentina (1-0 after extra time), the 2026 World Cup final, drew an average of 15.7 million viewers across the RTVE group’s channels (La 1, Teledeporte and La 2Cat) as well as on the DAZN platform in Spain (regular time and extra time), on Sunday 19 July 2026 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from Fifty5Blue (formerly Kantar Media) provided by Spanish audiovisual consulting firm Barlovento Comunicación.

The total audience share was 87.1 %, with the match drawing an average of 15.38 million viewers during regular time (audience share of 86.3 %) and 16.61 million during extra time (audience share of 89.3 %) across all channels. La 1 posted the best audience with an average of 13.4 million viewers for the first 90 minutes (75.1 %) and 14.42 million during extra time (77.6…