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Fifa World Cup 2018 so far: 192 million viewership in India and counting

The France versus Argentina pre-quarter final has been the most watched game with 22.2 million viewers

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Local language feeds (Hindi, Malayalam, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu) have contributed to 47% of the viewership

Urvi Malvania Mumbai
The FIFA World Cup on Sony Pictures Network India has garnered over 192.7 million viewers across 58 matches played so far. This includes LIVE matches, wraparound shows, highlights, repeats, surround programming on the SPN Sports Network and its online streaming platform SonyLIV. 

Of this, 63.1 million viewers in rural markets have tuned in to the television coverage of the tournament, amounting to 42 per cent of the overall TV reach.


The 58 live matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia have been watched