The 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) shattered viewership records, reaching a total of 2.2 billion viewers worldwide according to a report by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). This surpasses the viewership of the Super Bowl in the United States, which averaged 123.4 million viewers that same year, a 1.8 billion gap. The 2025 viewership numbers most closely align with those of 2023, with Conference Championships drawing about 1.3% more viewers, Divisional Round viewership up 0.8%, and Wild Card \viewership The 58th Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs could eclipse last year’s haul of 115.1 million viewers to become the most watched in history. It’s a prospect that has seen advertisers shell out up to $7 million on average to secure a 30-second spot. With a home-field advantage, Cote d’Ivoire claimed the prize as the top football team in Africa when they clutched a 2 – 1 victory over Nigeria’s Super Eagles in the finals of the CAF Africa Cup of Earlier Super Bowls did better when it comes to TV ratings, with the highest-rated Super Bowl being a 49.1 in 1982 between the 49ers and Bengals. Of the five highest-rated Super Bowls ever, four Analysts say the AFCON’s global viewership, online engagement and commercial revenue are all expected to grow significantly compared to previous editions thanks to expanded broadcast rights and media coverage, an uptick in commercial partnerships, and the impact of social media. The year’s tournament has been tagged the ‘Best Ever AFCON’ by football fans across the continent, citing the massive social media attention and wide viewership it has garnered. On the pitch, the tournament has produced some dramatic results, and some massive upsets by underdogs against so-called favourites have boosted the popularity of The Feb. 11 Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers brought in an average of 123.4 million viewers — the highest number of people watching the same Last year, the Super Bowl set a new viewership record as the most-watched ever, becoming the second most-watched broadcast in TV history. For what it's worth, there is some lore to this Super Bowl The Tournament set new records and captured the imagination of a total unique audience of 10.3 million viewers during the semifinal between Nigeria and South Africa on SuperSport and SABC The 2022 Super Bowl pales in comparison, having had an average TV viewership of 99.2 million on NBC plus an estimated 30 to 50 million viewers around the world. Felix Richter 3.1K subscribers in the SAtechnews community. SAtechnews aggregates links from South African and sub-Saharan technology news websites. Following a graphic that contrasted Super Bowl viewing with FIFA World Cup watching, the sports world had a lot to say on Twitter. An infographic comparing the viewership of both big sporting events was published by the well-known Twitter account @nocontextfooty. The image shows the viewership of the Super Bowl to that of the FIFA World Cup. ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Let the party begin. Sébastien Haller scored late to lead host nation Ivory Coast to a remarkable Africa Cup of Nations title with a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the final on Sunday. That game remains the most-watched Super Bowl in history, but Super Bowl LVIII came close with 123.7 million viewers. Ratings History of the Super Bowl Jan. 15, 1967. Compared to Super Bowl that could have more private jets at the Vegas airport than buses at afcon stadium ok I kid. Aside from interest, there’s limited viewership opportunities to watch AFCON. Celebrity power is limited and it’s not marketed outside Europe and Africa. About 51.2 million female viewers watched Sunday’s game, compared to 48.5 million female viewers last year. The Super Bowl continues to be dominated by male viewers, who comprised 54 percent of the audience, but a much higher percentage of women watched the Super Bowl than followed the NFL regular season (when only 33.6 percent of the 🏆 AFCON final: Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria, 10 a.m. ️ beIN Sports USA it is hard to imagine that the focus Stateside will be anywhere other than Super Bowl LVIII with Kansas City Chiefs going Elsewhere, there's huge German action with Bayer Leverkusen facing off against Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga World Cup vs Super Bowl Viewership. The 2021 Super Bowl between Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Patrick Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs was the least-watched Super Bowl since 2008. Its 96.4
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