World Cup viewership on ABC/ESPN rises 41 percent – Yahoo! Sports
Monday, July 12th, 2010Sunday’s game in Johannesburg, which gave the Spanish its first World Cup title, was seen by 15,545,000 viewers on ABC, according to fast national ratings. The previous high was 14,863,000 viewers for the United States’ 2-1 extra-time loss to Ghana in the second round on June 26.
An additional 8.8 million viewers watched Spanish-language coverage Sunday on Univision, according to Nielsen Media Research, bringing the total to 24.3 million.


