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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022

TELEMUNDO AND PEACOCK DOMINATE STREAMING VIEWERSHIP OF FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022™

Mexico v. Poland is Most-Streamed World Cup Match in U.S. History Averaging 1.3 Million Average Minute Viewers

Tuesday is Peacock’s Biggest Weekday Ever

Unprecedented 29% of Total Viewership Attributed to Streaming Through First Three Days of World Cup

Peacock No. 1 In App Store All Four Days of FIFA World Cup 2022™

Mexico v. Poland Averages TAD of 4.6 Million Viewers, Most-Watched Match of Tournament in Spanish

DOHA, QATAR – Nov. 24, 2022 – Telemundo and Peacock continue to dominate streaming viewership of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ since the tournament began on Sunday, setting daily World Cup streaming records and propelling Peacock to the No. 1 spot on the App Store for free iOS apps from Sunday-Wednesday. It has also placed the Telemundo Deportes app in the Top 5 for most of the week.

Yesterday’s Mexico v. Poland match delivered an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 1.3 million viewers, making it the most-streamed FIFA World Cup game in U.S. history. The match also powered Peacock to its biggest weekday ever in total consumption. On Sunday, Ecuador v. Qatar (832,000 viewers) set the record for most-streamed Spanish-language match, which was broken Monday by USA v. Wales (1.0 million).

Overall, streaming has comprised 29% of Telemundo’s total viewership for the World Cup, an unprecedented figure for sports that are presented on both linear and streaming platforms. Telemundo is averaging a Total Audience Delivery of 2.5 million viewers across all platforms through the first eight matches of the tournament – up 44% compared to 2018 (1.7 million) — with streaming responsible for 711,000 of those viewers, up 385% vs. 2018 (147,000).

The four games on Day 3 were highlighted by Mexico v. Poland, which began at 11 a.m. ET with the 0-0 tie averaging a TAD of 4.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched match of the tournament so far in Spanish and better than 45 of 48 Group Stage matches in 2018.  Also on Tuesday, Argentina v. Saudi Arabia (5 am ET) averaged a TAD of 1.0 million viewers, Denmark v. Tunisia (8 am ET; 1.1 million), and France-Australia (2 pm ET; 2.6 million).

The FIFA World Cup on Telemundo is already delivering impact throughout the marketing funnel for NBCUniversal’s advertisers – beating norms across ad attention, brand recall, message breakthrough, search engagement and purchase intent. With some of the most highly anticipated games of the FIFA World Cup 2022 set for this weekend, Spanish-language viewers show huge excitement for both Thanksgiving matches and beyond. Telemundo and Peacock viewers are invested for the long haul because they support more teams in the tournament: on average, each viewer is supporting 3.3 teams, +33% higher than other viewers. And, 3 in 4 Spanish-language viewers are planning to continue tuning in should their favorite team be eliminated, creating a more loyal and engaged audience for brands to tap into throughout the entirety of the Tournament.

Sources: Viewership figures are based on data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics.BPI, 2022 WC Sentiment Tracker (11/9-16/22), n=617

Coverage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ on Telemundo and Peacock resumes Thursday with four matches:

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