El clasico how many people watch

As discussed in our earlier feature on global El Clasico ratings, it is difficult to pin down the exact number of viewers for the match because of the number of different countries involved. We can say for certain the match will be broadcast to around million people across countries. Of course, El Clasico is played at least twice a year, so that's worth keeping in mind when comparing it to these other events.

To compare El Clasico viewers with other major events, we took the highest recent global viewership numbers or the best numbers we could find for each event. Most, like the Oscars, which is shown in countries, are shown across the world, making exact TV nearly impossible to discern, but these are the closest estimates.

Additionally, we focused on single events. While the IOC likes to claim 4. Also, TV ratings in the U. While the Super Bowl set a record with million Americans viewing at one point, the average viewership was below the all-time high of million set in This makes calculating viewership of eSports particularly difficult, as numbers are often reported as peak totals or overall totals.

One interesting note: All of these highs for TV ratings have come in the last decade or so, an obvious assessment given increasing population and proliferation of broadcasts, with one exception. The highest TV ratings for baseball's World Series came in My colleague Carl Bialik has documented similar issues not only with claims regarding sporting events — like U.

While 2. By contrast, the and World Cup finals gathered We know that El Clasico viewership in the U. If the world had similar proportional viewership, it would suggest an average global viewership of El Clasico more in the 50 million range. If we looked only at relative viewership in Spanish the subset of Americans most fanatical about soccer , however, it would suggest an average viewership of about 75 million worldwide.

I enjoyed watching it, no matter how many people were doing the same. Which cites a story published by FC Barcelona discussed elsewhere in the article about claims made by the media company it employs to cover the game.

Based on the latest audited numbers of million average viewers for the World Cup final worldwide. Note: Worldwide viewership is thought to have increased in , which, if it is reflected in the final audited results, could affect our estimates on the margins for example, viewership increased by about 9 percent in the U.

And this is really extremely charitable because presumably some of the cohort who might watch Liga MX in Spanish would still watch the World Cup in English. Subscribe here, it's free! This innovative interplay behind the scenes is fascinating in itself. It is not just the teams of the two superpowers that are under extra pressure where this game is concerned.

Seven hundred accredited journalists are reporting from the stadium. Everything outside the lines is computer-controlled. Camera operators and photographers install themselves close to the field. There is a special team in the stadium basement who edit images from a degree camera. My Dutch colleague Sierd de Vos makes one last preview as a television commentator. He is also tense, I can see it on his face. Nothing can go wrong. The Spanish League is doing everything it can to further expand their international market.

Spanish matches can be seen for free on Facebook in eight countries. This created a new and interesting market for the sponsors.

It seems that the end of football as a commercial product is a long way off. For the past year, all Real Madrid matches have used what is known as digital overlay.