Egypt–Iran sets World Cup viewership record at 107 million

Egypt–Iran at the 2026 World Cup drew more than 107 million viewers, the biggest audience of the tournament so far, according to French outlet RMC Sport (1). Your team's clash with Egypt pulled numbers no other match in this World Cup has matched. It is the kind of figure that makes broadcasters and sponsors sit up. No scoreline or match details accompanied the record, but the global appetite for Iran on football's biggest stage is now a hard number, and it is enormous.