An audience of 21.2 million watched BBC Television coverage of the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
The tournament was streamed 25.7 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport. The figure represents a 75% increase on the 14.7 million streams for the 2019 World Cup.
With a peak audience of 12 million, and 3.9 million streams on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online, England v Spain is the second most-watched BBC TV event of 2023, after the Coronation.
Director of BBC Sport, Barbara Slater says: “We’re proud to be long-term partners for women’s football which continues its fantastic upward trajectory. The Lionesses came so close but they should be incredibly proud of reaching a World Cup final. It was a brilliant tournament for audiences and these figures prove once again that no one can bring the nation together for the big moments quite like the BBC across TV, iPlayer, Sounds and the Sport website.”
The total number of 2023 Women’s World Cup content plays on BBC Sounds was 1.9 million, with 232,000 requests for the final.