The US men's national team's victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina has become the most-watched soccer telecast in English language history. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
The match on Wednesday night drew more than 24.4 million viewers, according to Fox Sports, surpassing the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final which had 22.3 million viewers on English-language TV.
The United States won the game 2-0 in Santa Clara, California, advancing to the round of 16 for the first knockout win since 2002.
By comparison, the most-watched Super Bowl of all time came in 2025 when an average of 127.7 million viewers watched the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs across FOX, FOX Deportes, Telemundo, and Tubi. The peak average audience of 137.7 million viewers occurred during the second quarter.
The most-watched combined US audience during the World Cup so far was the Mexico-Ecuador game with 29.3 million viewers overall.