Fans tuning in to watch the Netherlands vs Japan match at the FIFA World Cup 2026 on ITV took to social media to voice their frustrations

Pulisic, Balogun & Co.’s heroics at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium made World Cup television history. The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team’s opening match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup delivered 15.986 million viewers across Fox,

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! The United States men’s national team stole headlines with a 4-1 win over Paraguay in its World Cup opener Friday, but the game’s viewership numbers were perhaps even more impressive.

Whether you watched it at home or a party, the USA's World Cup win over Paraguay delivered some epic scenes and big numbers.

Considering the Super Bowl is just one day and that the World Cup spans longer than a month, the viewership data favors the latter. In the 2026 tournament, the viewership is predicted to surpass 5 billion people across the world, making that an average of 128.2 million per day across 39 days.

If the viewership for the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is any indication, Fox and Telemundo are about to break some serious records for this year’s tournament. The tournament kicked off Thursday with the opening match,

ITV viewers were less than impressed by the broadcaster's World Cup coverage on Sunday night

FOX executives will be delighted with the opening World Cup viewership numbers for the United States Men's National Team, with figures that fall in line with popular NFL broadcasts