Germany’s second World Cup win, 2-1 over Ivory Coast, drew fewer TV viewers but at the same had a bigger market share than the opening 7-1 over Curaçao.
AGF video research said on Sunday that an average of 18.264 million people watched the ZDF broadcast of Saturday’s match in Toronto which kicked off at 10pm (2000 GMT) in Germany. The market share was 72.1%.
The first match last Sunday against Curaçao, shown on the other public network ARD, had an average 23.427 million viewers with a market share of 70.2%. That match started at 7pm in Germany.
The five million less viewers on Saturday could have to do with more people watching the game in large groups but this can not be measured.
All World Cup games are also streamed by German Telekom’s MagentaTV portal which doesn’t release viewing figures.
