Out of the sports events FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed (3.572 billion) and followed sporting event in the world. The first championship for the cup was organized in 1930 by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)and was won by Uruguay. Held every four years since that time and the competition consists of international sectional tournaments lading to a final elimination event made up of 32 national teams. The current champion is France which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia and the next championship is planned to be held in Qatar in 2022.
When considered the last FIFA world cup tournament an estimated 3.572 billion people watched some official broadcast coverage. Over half (51.3%) of the global population (aged 4 years and over) were captured.
FIFA tournament has 3.262 billionTV viewers, 310 million out-of-home and/ or digital viewers and average live audience over all matches 191 million.
When looked at the gender wise audience, male audience is higher than female audience. This statistic based on,
- Release date – June 2018
- Region – Worldwide
- Survey time period – Q1 2018
- Number of respondents – 39,304 respondents
- Age group – 16-64 years
- Special properties – Among internet users
- Method of interview – Online survey
The audience of FIFA consists of different levels peoples with different regions all around the world and the audience is not from only the countries which has a team in FIFA. When simply get idea all football lovers will be the part of the FIFA audience which was the largest audience in world.
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