USA-Ghana Watched By Approximately 16M Viewers In United States

[RealGM Wiretap]

The match on Monday between the United States and Ghana was ESPN’s highest-rated men’s soccer match ever, which averaged a 6.3 US HH rating and 11 million viewers, while Univision's broadcast was viewed by an average of 4.8 million people.

It was the highest-rated telecast on ESPN since the BCS National Championship.

ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC's ratings are up 19% over 2010 to date.

Via Christopher Harris/WorldSoccerTalk

[Dama]

too bad espn wont be broadcasting the 1018 world cup. they are doing an awesome job. fox will probably charge extra for every game

[whocurrz]

Wonder how this was calculated. Seems like it would be based on households, or TV sets tuning in. Lot of large groups, and every time I go to watch any game (US or not) at a bar it's usually pretty packed with viewers.