Up to 1.6 million people watched the Nati defeat on SRF zwei

The Swiss national team's match in the round of 16 attracted a large audience to the TV screens. Up to 1.6 million people from German-speaking Switzerland watched the final phase of the game live on SRF zwei (target group 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight) late on Tuesday afternoon.

Average of 1,268,000 viewers and 83.6 percent market share

An average of 1,268,000 people tuned in to SRF Zweit over the entire 97 minutes of the match, corresponding to a market share of 83.6 percent (target group 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight). The Swiss national team's World Cup round of 16 match attracted particularly strong interest on the SRF online platforms. The SRF Sport app and Srf.ch/sport recorded a total of 753,000 livestream starts for the match between Switzerland and Sweden.

Overall high level of attention for the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches

With a market share of 56.2 percent, the eight matches of the World Cup round of 16 on SRF zwei reached an average audience of 674,000 viewers from German-speaking Switzerland. During the group phase, an average of 406,000 Swiss-German viewers tuned in to SRF zwei, which corresponds to a market share of 45.9 percent (target group 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight). The live streams as well as match and background reports on srf.ch/sport and in the SRF Sport app have achieved a total of over 27 million visits during the World Cup so far.

The most-watched match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup so far was the Swiss World Cup opener against Brazil on Sunday, June 17, 2018, with an average audience of 1,613,000 viewers from German-speaking Switzerland and a market share of 66.4%. The most-watched match to date without Swiss participation was the match between Croatia and Denmark with an average of 822,000 viewers from German-speaking Switzerland and a market share of 52.9% (target group 3+, German-speaking Switzerland, overnight).