How the World Cup became a US streaming success story

Guillermo Ochoa #13 of Mexico is tossed into the aerial by his teammates aft the team's 3-0 triumph successful the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A lucifer betwixt Czechia and Mexico astatine Mexico City Stadium connected June 24, 2026 successful Mexico City, Mexico. | Getty Images

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The 2026 World Cup is breaking streaming records astir the world: Brazil's CazéTV YouTube livestream of that country's opening crippled against Morocco surpassed 12 cardinal concurrent viewers, a caller milestone for YouTube. The South Korea versus Czech Republic crippled was streamed by 3.86 cardinal viewers successful South Korea astatine its peak, doubling a erstwhile grounds acceptable by BTS. And the BBC clocked more than 600,000 concurrent streams during the France-Senegal match-up, making it the biggest-ev …

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