Sunday’s Argentina/Mexico World Cup match drew the largest audience in the history of Univision.
Argentina’s win over Mexico drew 9.363 million viewers on Univision Sunday afternoon, according to Nielsen fast-nationals. Not only does this mark the largest audience in the history of Univision, it also marks the largest audience in the history of U.S. Spanish-language television.
To put the numbers in perspective, the Univision audience alone drew more viewers than every game of the Stanley Cup Final, including Game 6 — the most-viewed NHL game of the past 36 years (8.279 mil).
Additionally, the Univison telecast outdrew the final round of the U.S. Open on NBC (9.266 mil).
According to the New York Times, Argentina/Mexico also drew 5.5 million viewers on ABC — equaling a combined audience of approximately 14.9 million viewers.
Earlier Sunday, Univision drew 3.673 million viewers for England/Germany. The New York Times reports that the combined ESPN/Univision audience equals 7.9 million viewers.
On Saturday, Ghana/USA drew 4.508 million viewers on Univision, the 10th-largest soccer audience in network history. Meanwhile, Uruguay/South Korea drew 2.569 million.
