More than 5.26 million Australians tuned in to SBS for the FIFA World Cup final, making it the most-watched World Cup match in SBS history.
The Total TV average audience for the final was 2.7 million, with 56.5% watching on SBS On Demand.
The post-match show reached more than 3.7 million and was the second most-watched program of the day.
On Sunday morning, 2.8 million viewers watched England defeat France 6-4 to secure third place, with an average audience of 1.4 million, also topping the daily VOZ rankings.
Cumulative Total TV reach for the tournament now sits at 18.04 million, meaning 64% of Australia's population has watched some of the tournament.
Total consumption hours topped 209 million.
Seventeen matches reached more than two million viewers during the tournament, including four that topped four million.
Of the 104 World Cup matches, 62 reached more than one million viewers, almost 60%.
Despite the Socceroos' early departure in the knockout rounds, Australian fans continued to watch through to the final.
World Cup matches consistently ranked in the top ten programs of the day since the tournament began on 12 June, and the broadcast consistently ranked number one on VOZ daily ratings in the 16-39 age group.
"This has been an unprecedented FIFA World Cup in its size, complexity and intrigue, and Australians have embraced it in extraordinary numbers," said Ken Shipp, director of sport at SBS.
"In our 40 years of broadcasting the tournament, we've never seen engagement at this level.
“The Socceroos captured the imagination of the nation, but people stayed for the rest of the tournament as it delivered remarkable football and unforgettable moments right through to Spain's victory in the final.
"Throughout the past six weeks, we saw football's unique ability to bring people together and celebrate the many cultures and communities that make our country so diverse. That's what has always made the FIFA World Cup so special, and why SBS has been proud to bring it to Australians for the past 40 years."
SBS Sport's social media platforms recorded more than 1.5 billion video views and 1.6 billion impressions across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube.
The SBS Sport TikTok account is now the second biggest TikTok broadcaster account in Australia with 3.7 million followers.
Hyundai, Hisense, Macca’s, Rexona, bet365, Commonwealth Bank and Youi were the commercial partners of SBS’s broadcast of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
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