While the figures remained below the nearly 126 million viewers who watched Super Bowl LX, they marked a significant milestone for a sport long overshadowed in the U.S. by American football, basketball and baseball.

Nearly 39 million viewers watched Fox’s English-language presentation of the World Cup final on Sunday, making it the most-watched soccer broadcast in U.S. TV history.

The World Cup hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico wasn't perfect, but has still been widely hailed as a success.

The 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup’s only true rival now in terms of U.S. viewership is the Super Bowl.

The 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup ended with a historic flourish, with the largest U.S. television audience ever for a soccer match.