In a grand display of sports and entertainment, Netflix boasts a global audience in the nine-figure category for its boxing event on November 15, featuring Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.
Netflix asserts that the match between Paul, a social-media-star-turned-boxer, and Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champ, was viewed by an impressive 108 million people around the globe. The data, compiled from TVision’s U.S. viewership counts and Netflix’s proprietary data for other regions, paint a vivid picture of the event’s vast reach. Remarkably, Netflix reported that 60 million of its subscribing households (one in five subscribers) tuned in to the match just two days before the final tally, which peaked at 65 million simultaneous streams.
Before the much-anticipated Paul-Tyson match, a title fight between Katie Taylor, the reigning women’s super lightweight champion, and Amanda Serrano made significant waves. Taylor, who emerged victoriously in a contentious unanimous decision, attracted an audience of 74 million viewers internationally. In the U.S. alone, 47 million people watched the match, as reported by TVision’s average minute audience metric, the closest equivalent to linear TV measurement in the streaming realm. This makes the Taylor-Serrano match the most-watched professional women’s sports event in U.S. history.
Applying Netflix’s standard viewership metric, which divides total viewership by runtime, the event pulled in a staggering 46.6 million views from Friday to Sunday. This figure is the highest ever recorded for a Netflix live event over a similar duration.
In spite of a few technical hitches during the live broadcast, including buffering and audio issues, the audience numbers remained high. These glitches didn’t deter the massive audience from tuning in to the fights.
While the Paul-Tyson match has been hailed as the most streamed sporting event to date, it falls behind other momentous global sports broadcasts. For instance, the NFL reported that the Super Bowl LVIII in February had an estimated global viewership of about 186 million people (123.7 million in the U.S. alone). FIFA, soccer’s governing body, stated that over 1 billion people watched the 2022 men’s World Cup final between Argentina and France. Furthermore, a 2017 heavyweight bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua drew a worldwide audience in the nine-figure range, with some estimates suggesting as many as 500 million views.
FAQs
1. How many people watched the Paul-Tyson bout on Netflix?
– Netflix reports that the boxing event between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was watched by 108 million people worldwide.
2. What is Netflix’s standard viewership metric?
– Netflix’s standard viewership metric is calculated by dividing the total viewership by the runtime of the event.
3. What were the viewing figures for the Taylor-Serrano match?
– The title fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano attracted 74 million viewers worldwide, with 47 million watching in the U.S. alone.
4. What was the most viewed global sporting event?
– According to FIFA, over 1 billion people watched the 2022 men’s World Cup final between Argentina and France.
5. What issues did viewers face during the Paul-Tyson match broadcast?
– Some viewers reported experiencing buffering and audio problems during the live telecast of the fight.
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