2018 World Cup watched by more than half world

A combined 3.572 billion viewers – more than half of the global population aged four and over – tuned in to world football’s ultimate competition - the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, according to audience data for official broadcast coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The global in-home TV audience watching at least one minute of coverage totalled 3.262 billion.

The final between France and Croatia on July 15 attracted a combined global audience of 1.12 billion.