Records tumble as hundreds of millions of fans tune in to Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023

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The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has set more record-breaking numbers as hundreds of millions of fans engage with the biggest Cricket World Cup ever.

• 123.8 billion* viewing minutes clocked on linear TV; 43% increase over 2019
• Total of 364.2 million* viewers to date for live broadcast of the biggest Cricket World Cup ever
• Disney+ Hotstar witnessed a world record across any format of cricket for a peak concurrency of 43 million during India vs New Zealand
• In venue attendances up 190K compared to 2019

The event that runs from 5 October to 19 November has seen fans in India through Global Broadcast partner Disney Star consuming more Men’s Cricket World Cup cricket than ever before. The live broadcast for the first 18 tournament matches has clocked up 123.8 billion viewing minutes which is a 43% growth compared to the previous edition in England and Wales in 2019.

The World Cup has also witnessed an incredible 364.2 million viewers tuning in to the live broadcast of the first 18 matches of the tournament, with fans enjoying the very best of cricket in one day, combined with the unique Indian passion for the sport and the national pride of all competing nations creating an unrivalled global sporting occasion.

The monumental clash between India and Pakistan played on 14 October in Ahmedabad witnessed a peak live concurrency on television of 76 million* and 35 million concurrent viewers on digital.

India’s clash against New Zealand in Dharamsala on 22 October eclipsed the record for highest digital concurrency set by the India v Pakistan clash when it witnessed 43 million concurrent viewers on Disney+ Hotstar during the final overs of the match. This was the highest peak across any format of cricket ever on digital.

Fans inside the venue have been able to enjoy the true celebration of the best all-round cricket experience with a total of more than 542,000 fans attending matches up to the mid-way point in the event, which is 190,000 more than at the equivalent stage in 2019.

ICC Chief Executive, Geoff Allardice said: “We are delighted to see the interest and engagement in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 through the unbelievable audience numbers on Star Sports and Disney+ Hotstar. The World Cup has captured the imagination of the public across India with records tumbling and hundreds of millions of fans enjoying the pinnacle event of the one-day game more than ever before.”

Sanjog Gupta, Head - Sports, Disney Star said: “Marquee Cricket continues to demonstrate unparalleled capacity to aggregate audiences across platforms and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has set new viewership benchmarks on Star Sports and Disney+ Hotstar. With the Indian team’s strong performance, the fluctuating fortunes of top teams, and a competitive points table, we expect a further increase in the momentum of the tournament. Disney Star is committed to serving sports fans and will continue to delight viewers around the world with its coverage of the global event."

 

https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/3754597

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99.9999999 % of viewer from India. these numbers mean nothing. at one point we had 4cr+ individual connection for india nz game. Thats more than combined population of aus,nz and ned. 

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37 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

99.9999999 % of viewer from India. these numbers mean nothing. at one point we had 4cr+ individual connection for india nz game. Thats more than combined population of aus,nz and ned. 

 

Its hardly even acknowledged here in Australia, hopefully Australia gets to the finals so it boots its popularity here.

 

If India is going to win this WC, at least lets hope its seen properly throughout the world and not like the 1983 WC.

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7 minutes ago, SRT100 said:

 

Its hardly even acknowledged here in Australia, hopefully Australia gets to the finals so it boots its popularity here.

 

If India is going to win this WC, at least lets hope its seen properly throughout the world and not like the 1983 WC.

 Indians have started watching WC only after they beat Pak. Infact Asian games were getting more coverage when couple of days overlapped

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1 hour ago, jf1gp_1 said:

 Indians have started watching WC only after they beat Pak. Infact Asian games were getting more coverage when couple of days overlapped

 

In fairness in Australia these games finish at around 2 or 3am here.

 

Unless its Australia playing, (or India for the Indians here) no one is staying up that late to watch the games.

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2 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

99.9999999 % of viewer from India. these numbers mean nothing. at one point we had 4cr+ individual connection for india nz game. Thats more than combined population of aus,nz and ned. 

 

What's wrong with that? If it was boring Indians won't watch it too

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5 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

What's wrong with that? If it was boring Indians won't watch it too

Nothing. Headline should have been. 

Records tumble as hundreds of millions of INDIAN fans tune in to Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023

 

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22 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Nothing. Headline should have been. 

Records tumble as hundreds of millions of INDIAN fans tune in to Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023

 

other than football this is the case in every sport. 

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46 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Nothing. Headline should have been. 

Records tumble as hundreds of millions of INDIAN fans tune in to Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023

 

 

It has been case with every WC for long time.