{"id":14088,"date":"2014-06-16T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/5-facts-about-the-world-cup-and-the-people-who-are-watching\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:21:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:21:22","slug":"5-facts-about-the-world-cup-and-the-people-who-are-watching","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/06\/16\/5-facts-about-the-world-cup-and-the-people-who-are-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"5 facts about the World Cup \u2013 and the people who are watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-260332\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/FT_14.06.12_WorldCupStadiumPhoto.png\" alt=\"FT_14.06.12_WorldCupStadiumPhoto\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from the Olympics, there are few events that garner as much global coverage as the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of all the numbers associated with the event \u2013 32 teams, 64 matches, <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/06\/06\/where-world-cup-footballers-play-during-the-regular-season\/\">736 players<\/a>, each team\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/its-brazils-world-cup-to-lose\/\">odds of winning<\/a> \u2013 some of the biggest (with the exception of the World Cup\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/hope-fades-in-brazil-for-a-world-cup-economic-boost-1401242039\">reported $11.5 billion price tag<\/a>) are the numbers of people who will be watching.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are five facts about World Cup viewership in the United States and around the world:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\">About <strong>3.2 billion people<\/strong> around the world (roughly 46% of the global population) watched at least a minute of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa on TV in their homes, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fifa.com\/mm\/document\/affederation\/tv\/01\/47\/32\/73\/2010fifaworldcupsouthafricatvaudiencereport.pdf\">report produced for FIFA<\/a> by the British firm KantarSport. This is slightly lower than the number of people who reportedly saw at least a minute of the 2012 London Olympics (3.6 billion), according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympic.org\/Documents\/IOC_Marketing\/Broadcasting\/London_2012_Global_%20Broadcast_Report.pdf\">report produced for the International Olympic Committee<\/a>. Nearly 1 billion people (909.6 million) tuned in for at least a minute of the 2010 World Cup final, in which Spain defeated the Netherlands, a similar viewership number to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/08\/07\/oly-ratings-day-idUSL6E8J78H620120807\">London Olympics\u2019 opening ceremonies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\">In the United States, <strong>94.5 million people<\/strong> (about 31% of the population) watched at least 20 consecutive minutes of the last World Cup, an increase of 19% over the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Compared to the U.S., World Cup host Brazil is far more interested in soccer, with 80% of the population watching at least 20 minutes of the matches in 2010.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\">A similar share of Americans <strong>(28%)<\/strong> said they plan to watch World Cup games this summer, according to a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/poll-gearing-up-for-the-world-cup\/2014\/06\/06\/73d3b4da-ed24-11e3-b84b-3393a45b80f1_graphic.html\">Washington Post-ABC News survey<\/a>, which also found that more Americans called soccer \u201ca big bore\u201d (28%) than said it is \u201cexciting\u201d (19%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2014\/01\/07\/in-new-year-half-are-looking-forward-to-midterm-elections\/\">Pew Research survey conducted in January<\/a>, <strong>22% of Americans<\/strong> said they were \u201cespecially looking forward to\u201d the World Cup, nearly the same share as when we asked about the 2010 World Cup in January of that year (23%). No other event mentioned in the 2014 survey found fewer people anticipating the event; more than twice as many people (51%) said they were looking forward to this fall\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-has-big-number wp-block-paragraph\">The world will be watching Brazil \u2013 both for this summer\u2019s World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics \u2013 but Brazilians are skeptical about whether the world will see Brazil in a positive light. About a third <strong>(35%)<\/strong> of Brazilians said the World Cup will help their country\u2019s international image, while roughly four-in-ten<strong> (39%)<\/strong> said it will <em>hurt <\/em>Brazil\u2019s image, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2014\/06\/03\/chapter-3-the-world-cup-and-brazils-place-in-the-world\/\">survey we conducted in April<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from the Olympics, there are few events that garner as much global coverage as the World 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