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[@natalielang6209]

The world cup doesn't need a halftime show and halftime of a football match isn't long enough for a show. The football IS the entertainment.

[@joachimthielker3132]

First of all it is a business ran by super rich people.

[@susansmiles2242]

Nor does play stop for commercial breaks 🤦‍♀️

[@nicoladc89]

And the Final of Copa America this year proved that. The Americans who host the Final in Miami organized a 25 minutes long half time show with Shakira, violating the FIFA rules and making angry a lot of people, primarily footballers and coaches (and the idea of ​​a Colombian singing in the Half Time of Colombia-Argentina is really excellent, chapeau). Germans try the halftime show in 2017 during the final of DFB-Pokal, the results was 75k people booeing the singer. The US organization of the Copa America was a disaster. Let's hope the Americans have taken notes for the next World Cup.

[@warrenturner397]

The ball is in play in an NFL game for around 15 minutes.

[@Martini3inc]

Oh you’re talking about your game that people fake injuries and the score is a blowout of 1 to 0. That game. Oh boy very eliciting

[@Moshie71]

Super what 👀?? Let me paint you a picture … 1 - If the Super Bowl was cancelled one year, no one (and I mean no one) outside the US would care. 2 - When the highlight of your sport is ‘the halftime’ entertainment - that says a lot about that sporting event.

[@panayotiscanellopoulos8696]

Facts!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Trancymind]

This is why americans are brainwashed by the halftime commercials that are highly obese and unhealthy by their own aggressive ads within their own country.

[@Speedclips-f5o]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉 factttssss

[@luisaoelkers813]

Facts 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤣🤣🤣

[@emdiar6588]

If I go to a gig, I'm there for the music. If they stopped the gig half way through to play a quick game of some team sport, I'd be seriously pissed off.

[@toomask100]

Soccer is a FOOTBOOL, American football is an egg carrying competition.

[@riougenkaku6069]

😂

[@blowupnms]

This is hilarious

[@RockinRedRover]

nah, rugby is egg carrying, but American football is grenade carrying (judging by their body armour)

[@skhndkchannel]

Yeah, its stupid, a sport where mostly using hand dare to claim their sport called Football, yuck

[@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke]

And if you win in the World Cup, you are actually world champions.

[@lucianocoacci2129]

😂 👏🏻

[@carloshenriquevalentecampo7845]

Super Bowl Winner: I am World Champion!!! World: Who the fuck are you?

[@McDonaldsMitarbeiterKatze]

😂😂😂

[@SylD0611]

​@@carloshenriquevalentecampo7845 lol 😂

[@draganazivanovic1406]

@@carloshenriquevalentecampo7845 🤣🤣👍🏻

[@Momo-rv6en]

More people watch Eurovision than the Super Bowl

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Chuckle . . .

[@kwintendebruyn3738]

im belgian and in my country only old people watch Eurovision

[@goodside1807]

​@@kwintendebruyn3738 My Sister lives in Belgium, and she said that a lot of younger population watches Eurovision.

[@SatieSatie]

Eurovision is trash, though. I know exactly two people who actually watch it every year and I'll never comprehend.

[@ryanwuzer]

it's actually hard to find apples to apples comparisons because 200m people watched at least part of the last superbowl but the avg concurrent viewers was 123m so there are different numbers floating around but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Eurovision had more viewers! (I also wouldn't care, I don't even follow American football lol)

[@jonathanmarinkus]

4:04 When an American realizes that the USA is not the center of the world. 😅

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Centre* Realises* Spell proper English.

[@jonathanmarinkus]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Apart from how pathetic your life must be for you to take the time to correct me when there is no mistake, I would like to point out that my sentence was written in American English. Your “correction” refers to the British spelling, which is not used here.

[@captainct5ben504]

@@jonathanmarinkuslol that guy got cooked, burned and roasted

[@whentheleveebreaks]

The World Cup is so big, that if you simply walk down any central street of any relatively big city in almost any part of the world outside the US you will always have a TV broadcasting a game in sight.

[@TPRM1]

In England, you rarely see English flags 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 flying (you don’t often see the Union flag 🇬🇧 flying either). In fact, the flag of St George 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (English flag) is kind of seen as a nationalist, anti-immigration thing (the closest thing you would have in America is flying the confederate flag, even though it’s not the same thing). And yet, during the World Cup (and the Euros), particularly if England are doing well, and have reached the knockout stages, you see English flags flying _everywhere;_ outside pubs, shops, houses, even flying from cars. It is, without doubt, the closest thing to a show of national unity we have in this country. And of course, the other British nations, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (Northern Ireland is part of the UK, but not Great Britain), will support anyone _but_ England! If anyone is wondering about The relationship between the different nations of the United Kingdom, the closest thing I can liken it to is a familial rivalry. Sure, you might criticise your sibling, but God help anyone else who criticises them (for the most part). How dare you make fun of them…that’s our job!

[@QuentinPlant]

@@TPRM1 Same in Germany. Flying the flag in private, ouside of "before official buildings" or "at international events" is simply not done unless you want to be seen as quite right-leaning. But during the Euros, world cup and a bit during the Olympics they come out in every form. I liked the covers for side mirrors that you see more and more.

[@marcinjankowski4432]

​@@TPRM1most people will support anyone but England, not only Wales and Scotland. That team and its fans are doing everything to be the most hated team.

[@aphextwin5712]

One of the things that is different in Association Football/soccer compared to American Football, is that much fewer goals are scored during a game, the average is between two and three. This makes every goal more important and it is common to hear people jeering loud enough outdoors (or through open windows) that you can hear it all over town. This usually relies on immigrant communities but during the last few games, many people might pick a favourite even if their national team isn’t in the game anymore.

[@martindonat3249]

and even though during the supercup you will see it played in any sportsbar as well ,but thats true to any larger soccergames as well , what impressed me most during WM/EM are the puplic viewing , on the large screens , and volks flocking up in the streats like a concert or such

[@rossshepherd9836]

The WC doesn't have a half time show because football is pure. Nothing should take away from the sport. It's all about the beautiful game.

[@Ejadopatra]

Let's not forget superbowl have ad break every 10 minutes too lol

[@darrylbrookes2780]

its prob gunna get on in 2026 , id just hope they do an opening show insted or can keep it to 5 or 6 mins

[@rossshepherd9836]

@@darrylbrookes2780, I think it's technically at every Euro's or WC, but the TV channels know we don't want to see it so don't really bother showing it.

[@rossshepherd9836]

@@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p, yes, but you're still watching the football, right??

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

@@Ejadopatra Omg.... Less about the actual event and more about the break entertainment!! 😁 It's just like Eurovision!!! 😅 (Most of us watch it because of the clowns/trolls and the break entertainment!

[@thicarpel]

As a good Brazilian, I had to gogle "Super Bowl" to know what this is about LOL

[@valije]

I don't really like football but the "halftime show" is just a concept that does not work in world football. Most people use that time to pee, do small tasks that can't wait, relax a bit after 45 minutes of tension, etc. Nobody cares about what is on TV in those 15 minutes.

[@Bakakomori]

true

[@etienne8110]

So true

[@MrKnowledge0014]

Not true at all, it is true that a lot of people don't care but to say nobody cares is just false.

[@Bakakomori]

ok. 1 person cares^^

[@liukud3246]

Well i never met a person who cares

[@aikoaiko2008]

Hint: The world cup is a global event, and 95% of Earth’s population is outside the US.

[@estebanmamberto1212]

Exactly! But the problem is that they think they are the center of the Universe. That's why NBA champions call themselves "World Champions"😂

[@jufialio6287]

It's always very fun to see when Americans blow their bubble and have this shook of reality on internet, not only about sports.

[@Jakub680]

USA people are an actual experiments

[@GH1S_Pomelo]

​@@estebanmamberto1212😂😂

[@beverleyringe7014]

@@estebanmamberto1212world Champions, when no other Country plays it.. !!

[@guitarman8462]

Also in ⚽️ there are NO commercial breaks. They play a straight 45 min , take 15 min break & cont the last 45 min that adds up to 90 min. And if they tie , penalty shootout.

[@julko28]

If they tie there is extra 30 minutes of play. And if game is still tied after those 30 minutes than they do penalty shootout

[@guitarman8462]

@julko28 depends on the game. If it's just a reg game , it's straight 90. If it's the playoffs , then yes 15 more each half & penalties.

[@julko28]

@@guitarman8462 Yep group games are only 90 minutes

[@czer096]

And there are no artist/singer/whatever performance in the 15 min break, we just watch the replay and comentary

[@guitarman8462]

@czer096 exactly , just team pictures & if country vs diff country just the anthems & trade the club or country flags with each other. Also it's only penalty kicks if it's the playoffs or championships games. A normal game is just 90 min. And it's called ..FOOTBALL!! NOT SOCCER!!!

[@chisle25]

Copa America has more viewers than the Superbowl.

[@GH1S_Pomelo]

Literaly

[@chestersemaver]

And European Football Championship 😊 On a side note, no one even cares about FIFA women’s World Cup (or whatever they call it) and not many wouldn’t care even if the USA would’ve win it continuously for a century 😂. So, yeah. Sorry team USA.

[@itsamejc]

@@chestersemaver women's football is on the rise they just threatened a managers life

[@alemgas]

​@@itsamejcwoman's football is comedy gold 😂😂

[@Averifiedperson7712]

Bro the Premier League has more viewers than the SuperBowl.

[@guitarman8462]

To be in the world cup , first every country MUST qualify. If they pass , then in the first round they they only get 2 chances to pass onto the next round. After that every game is crucial.

[@billybudd5854]

Only an American would think that an American-only sports event would attract a bigger TV audience than the final of a sport that consumes the interest of most countries in the world.

[@chestersemaver]

And let’s not forget that a sports involving so much enthusiasm and fanaticism in itself that, it literally drew two countries into a war 😉

[@jabessantana7412]

@@chestersemaver Yes, The confrontation between Switzerland and Serbia in the World Cups, especially in 2018, has been marked by tensions related to Kosovo.

[@chestersemaver]

@@jabessantana7412 i was referring to a 100 hour shooting war between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969 AKA "Football War"

[@GuitarReader]

No American thinks that.

[@TheOnlyAbel]

So yeah, the Real Madrid vs Barcelona game alone has more views than the superbowl final. I see allot of "Its a international trophy against a national one" excuse. A league game, alone, not a final, not a intercontinental or international game, just a regular league game againsta Barcelona vs Real Madrid has more viewers than the Superbowl

[@cuLiref]

The time Dre, 50, Kendrick, snoop performed was the first time i ever heard about the Super bowl

[@JasonBrewster90210]

A kid in the middle of nowhere in Africa probably knows Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo. But if you ask them about the Dallas Cowboys, they'll probably ask, "Is that Samuel L. Jackson's latest movie?"

[@domainmojo2162]

Yep. I can attest to that. I'm Namibian, and I can go to a village anywhere in Africa and they will know who Sadio Mane is, who Christiano Ronaldo is and who Messi played for- even who John Terry is and who he played for. They'll know what the Champions League is, La Liga, the Bundes, Premier League, etc.. Ask them about the Super Bowl, and they'd expect you to talk about food.

[@KingPOTB]

I'm Zimbabwean, at the age of 5 I knew about not only the premiere league but the world cup... Didn't even know about football till some years later after I moved to the UK

[@charloacc727]

Basketball is probably is more known worldwide than American football

[@beenyoni]

What is Dallas Cowboys?

[@domainmojo2162]

@@beenyoni "What is A Dallas Cowboys?"

[@utubeballbag]

More people watched BBC top gear with Jeremy clarkson than super bowl

[@Barettix]

Much better

[@ianfinney7820]

Far more entertaining too.

[@mothbreeder641]

Yeah, you'd have to be eternally online or American to think Superbowl "feels like the biggest thing ever". No one watches it here. Never met a single person that even watched a game of it..

[@ilkkak3065]

2022 when Argentina won the Word Cup and the team returned home, more than 5 million people gathered in the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate.

[@margaretnicol3423]

The difference between the world and the US bubble!!!

[@vahurkarik2304]

You can watch the Super bowl all over the world, it's just that nobody outside the US cares about it.

[@wh_kers]

self centered egos as if the world revolves around them

[@Check85]

It's not even shocking. The Premier league on its own has more viewers than the superbowl.

[@Mkgrgr]

The only shocking thing is that a lot of Americans dont know this 😂

[@solitaramos7665]

I hate to say this but the sporting world doesn’t revolve around american football.

[@sanitychek]

The thing about american football/baseball events is you need entertainment to distract from the sport.

[@MegaMonomer]

From all the adds too.

[@NkSs96]

​@@MegaMonomer soooo true

[@Emraz]

An American commentator tackled this one. Of it being the World Series but its only Americans. She argues that the USA has the best players in the world and if any other team in the world showed up to the Series they would be beaten and beaten hard. Makes sense but you need to have the games to prove that. The same could be said for the USA footbal team. No one took them seriously then year by year they get better. Just call it the American Series.

[@timithius]

Bingo!

[@Arltratlo]

i got invited to a Philadelphia Eagles game..... i refused, because i only would watch the cheerleaders....because i dont know anything about the game and would get bored in a few minutes... i played Handball and of course, Football.....never watched Baseball, American Football, ice hockey and Basketball.... the 1st league American Football team in the city close by have around 4500 audience per game... the 3rd league Football team in the same city got 27.000 audience per game.... both teams play in the same stadium!

[@ignisfatuus07]

I don't underestimate SB, but the main difference between US and European or South American sports, is the fan base. In the US every sports team is a franchised entreprise. Like supporting Coke vs Pepsi or smt like this. In Europe the clubs are fan based, it's like religion. Rather more than religion, you can change religion or wife, but you can never change the team you support.

[@miketogwell1000]

The fact the super bowl has Less than 13 minutes of time the ball is actually in play for a 3 hour event Is just crazy

[@vpvp961]

What??? No way!

[@amadeusendymion1272]

@@vpvp961 Yup, tho' I think it's actually 13 minutes and 30 seconds.

[@brentwoodbay]

@@amadeusendymion1272 I have often read ELEVEN minutes! Do this search ' how long is the ball in play in an nfl game'

[@mihiec]

Is that true??? Omg ahhaa

[@patrickporter6536]

Most boring sport ever!

[@nalaabdou9747]

American football means nothing outside the US, particularly a football not played with foot😅

[@SkipTown-w4d]

Thank you 😂

[@garyt123]

And without a _real_ ball. 🤦😂

[@Julydazur]

Yep and their wear an "armure" not to get hurt, poor little things 😂 I'd rather watch a real man game like rugby

[@davidhines7592]

@@garyt123 yeah like the rugby world cup lol

[@draganazivanovic1406]

@@davidhines7592 but rugby is a MAN’s sport, American foodball is for kids

[@Fr0st-Naville]

I would say historically Brazil - Germany would be the biggest game. 9 world cups. But in terms of rivalry including history most likely Argentina - Brazil or Germany - Italy. Then there are other rivalries like; Germany - France Germany - Netherlands Spain - Italy Spain - Portugal Spain - France France - Italy England - Germany England - Argentina Argentina - Uruguay Uruguay - Brazil Are just some examples of the biggest ones. USA's biggest rivalry is Mexico and lately Canada has become one for the US.

[@ignacioperez5479]

Yet, the level of the Concacaf is quite low compared to both sudamérica and europe. Here in sudamérica, we have both Brasil and Argentina pushing every other team to become better

[@cmarq817]

Portugal-France

[@SatieSatie]

I don't care about football in general, but whenever it's the European Cup or the World Cup, everyone goes crazy, and I (sometimes) like to join in. The entire city is in a different mood ‐ drunk & euphoric or drunk & heartbroken or just drunk.

[@nilianstroy]

champions league final too.

[@lukakaps9548]

​@@nilianstroy champions League is really not comparable to the euros and world cup. Yes most people that are interested in football in any way watch the UCL final. But here in Germany at least, as happy and collectively united as we have been this summer has only happened 3 times in this millennium, this summer with Euro24 being in Germany, 2014 when we won, and 2006 when the world cup was in Germany. It's not comparable to almost any other thing.

[@nilianstroy]

@@lukakaps9548 the champions league final is only behind the world cup and European Cup finals... anyone that follows football knows that... it averages 400+ millions viewers...

[@ita9ful]

😂 me too

[@Fons.s]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@nilianstroyyeah, but champions league isn’t really watched by non-football fans, while the European and World championship is

[@dieterradeke4612]

that is typical : you guys in the US live in a Fantasy World where you believe the US is in the middle of the world

[@HubiKoshi]

Lol, China called they want their Middle Kingdom title back,

[@annafrolova7891]

Nothing unusual coz they even start education from a geographic map with the US in the center of the world and halves of cut Eurasia on the sides. Many countries making their world's maps with them in the center, but no one but the US is cutting other continents on a geographic map. Being THE MAIN means more, than teaching kids proper geography.

[@Emraz]

Americans wont consider themselves part of the World as long as their military makes sure not even a ballon can intercept into their country. I really beleive to most of Americans the rest of us may as well be living on the moon.

[@LeperMessiah2]

Why the diss? It's not a matter of life or death

[@laziojohnny79]

@@LeperMessiah2it's the Calimero-syndrom, which a large par tof the rest of the world suffers from when comparing themselves with the US. Saying this as a Dutcman and thus European. Most Europeans are quite cocky but like to tell themselves it's Americans that are the cocky ones, which some might be, but it's mostly ignorance rather then arrogance imo.

[@garydrury553]

It's almost like Americans think the world revolves around what Americans like. Across the world, football (or soccer), is like a religion.

[@PedroMeireles-SSA]

This video shows how "Americans" lives is a fucking bubble! Only 200M people watching and they really think Super Bowl is a thing... hahahahaah BTW, the name of the sport is FOOTBALL, not soccer! Call it right and give your "Rugby" another name, please...

[@Trancymind]

Americans don't know what religion is. They have atheists and cults though.

[@mayraalejandragonzalezeraz5886]

In my country Colombia it is a tradition to watch Football and If "la selección Colombia" is having a match the entire country become so excited.

[@prahbassaw4464]

You walk out in Ghana even in my village during a word cup final and you can tell something I is going on. The silence and emptiness is everywhere. And then the sudden shout of goal!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@judiharris8796]

Football is so accessible. Children start playing it, women's football is huge, older people often play in teams, you can play alone practising skills, with 2 people or multiple people. You don't need any special equipment, even a tin can can be used and anything for goal posts. It's a sport for the people!

[@DenUitvreter]

And it has all the ingredients at any level. Technique, stamina, power, speed, tactics, toughness, creativity, team spirit, egos, foul play, luck, on a totally different level it's still the same game with the same things deciding who wins.

[@Lorre982]

at school a ball made whit paper was anought to play in the class room

[@babstra55]

also no almost-inevitable brain injury, which is a pro.

[@Lorre982]

@@judiharris8796 here in italy friends over 40yo meet once a week to play between friends

[@paul1979uk2000]

That's probably the key to its success, anyone can play it, rich or poor, regardless of your height and so on, the sport is very accessible to anyone and that likely led to it being so successful because it doesn't matter if you are in a modern country in Europe or a developing country in Africa, football is very accessible, it doesn't matter much if you're tall or short or fast or slow runner, it's still accessible as skill and tactics is what usually wins in this sport. Compared to American sports, you've got American football that you really have to be big and musclier to be successful, in basketball, height goes a long way, these sports rule out quite a sizeable amount of the population which limits it's success.

[@stevehartley7504]

Just as an aside 870 million watched the rugby world cup too!!!!!

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

And I'd say that as a sport is more comparable to American Football than Football is.

[@kiboma4209]

@@bionicgeekgrrlhonestly wish American football never existed, the US would be such a powerhouse in sports like Football and Rugby, instead the use their talent for a sport only played by them 😔

[@HangingDong]

@@kiboma4209😂😂 America would be a powerhouse in sports like rugby in your dreams

[@Lilly8Listens]

They also estimate that 500 million people watch The Grand National.

[@toby9999]

​​@@kiboma4209That's a bit like AFL (Aussie rules football) in Australia. Outside of Melbourne, most people don't give a toss about. It was invented in Melbourne and mostly played in Melbourne. Bizzare.

[@paulchapoy992]

Gratitude for calling football by its real name!!! ⚽💝⚽

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

For those wondering, the Champions League Final got 450 million viewers.

[@tangusdeheney6736]

3. 5 Billion

[@wolfshadow_Obama_Osama]

@@tangusdeheney6736 ‘The 2024 UEFA Champions League final had an estimated global audience of 450 million viewers’

[@tangusdeheney6736]

@@wolfshadow_Obama_Osama World Cup gets billions of views That’s equivalent to the Super Bowl Not the Champions League

[@wolfshadow_Obama_Osama]

@@tangusdeheney6736 ok we already know. Why did you reply 3.5 billion to someone saying the Champions League gets 450 mil views. Don’t make no sense

[@tangusdeheney6736]

@@wolfshadow_Obama_Osama the Champions League is not the same as the world Super Bowl The World Cup is… a league is not the same as a world event.. if you wanted to be the same as a league, then remove the word world from it

[@stuartcollins82]

If half your reason to watch a sports final is the music at half-time, that says more about the sport than anything else.

[@gtr8096]

NBA has more international relevance than NFL tbh, ppl outside USA can't barely name 5 American football players while the whole world knows about Jordan, Kobe, Lebron...

[@Sabundy]

5? .....the vast majority of the world couldn't name a single American football player....

[@henkwilliemadriannusvander1955]

The name “World Cup” explains everything. It is a global event. The Superbowl is only watched by Americans or people who used to live in America (like me) because only people like us understand the “football” game that is played with hands.

[@panayotiscanellopoulos8696]

Footbal wtith hands!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickmcguigan690]

Lets not forget the "World Series" that only one country participates in. 😂😂😂

[@3XC4LIBURR]

These Americans who watch NFL football Don't know that the actual game they playing is a cheap knock off or rip off of rugby Bring a rugby player against an entire NFL team n they done NFL is a lot less bloody n brutal than rugby So yeah y'all would be done

[@JuT11]

@@3XC4LIBURR Funny enough, the NFL is one of the few major sports organisation in the world that hasn't signed the World Anti Doping Agency code.. Meaning American Football players are juiced to the gills and they're not even really trying to hide it

[@RosieLee777]

Same as they have world series baseball, but only Americans play. 😅. Football is watched the world over. American football is like rugby but players only play for like 11 minutes not 90!!

[@GayJayU26]

It’s just when America describe American events as World Series when only America participates.

[@tosa2522]

Well, sometimes there are foreign players in the teams.😝

[@nicoladc89]

yeah and then the real World Champion of baseball is Netherlands.

[@scarlett105]

Tom Brady always celebrate himself for winning the world championship after every single super bowl win

[@thebigcat499]

"The World" was an American newspaper that sponsored "The World Series" in baseball so it is a bit misleading on both sides .

[@ericsmith1453]

​@@scarlett105😂😂😂

[@kirujam3813]

America needs to realize the world isn’t just them

[@sueKay]

Half-time at the World Cup is generally a time for discussing the game, getting food, or moaning about the referee or the commentators

[@speleokeir]

Having a pee and putting the kettle on. Electricity and water use sky rockets at half time . Aardman based a whole film on that in 'Flushed Away'😁

[@sueKay]

@@speleokeir Yup, the nearest power station to me was designed specifically to cope with power surges caused by people putting their kettles on during ad breaks 🤣

[@osiris1802]

It's so funny to watch his brain rebooting after learning that 3'600'000'000 people did watch the World Cup in 2018. 😂

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

I wonder if he'll tune in in 2026 when it goes to Mexico/USA/Canada? Will be interesting to see the viewing figures for that tournament as it will be the biggest ever held across the biggest geographic location.

[@neilconnor2699]

Yes it was funny

[@mjolio]

Well yeah... But it's kind of unfair to compare viewers with 1 night event Super Bowl and the whole World Cup with 64 matches. Also world cup is every 4th year, Super Bowl is every year.

[@jasonsk4097]

@@bionicgeekgrrl dont fall for project blue beam

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

@@jasonsk4097 project what now?

[@danyxy4077]

When you looked up the rivalry between football nations what you got were clubs from different European cities (Barcelona, Madrid, Munich). That doesn't have anything to do with the World Cup. The strongest football countries usually are Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England. So whenever any of those play against one another it will be a great game and watched all over the world. The best European clubs play against each other in the champions league (ucl) and that is where you will see games like Barcelona against Bayern Munich or Real Madrid against Manchester United.

[@vaninafernandez3043]

This coment has to be the most important one

[@godakuri5944]

You could’ve slipped Croatia and Portugal in there, but England? 😂

[@ThatOneAlligator]

@@godakuri5944 nah croatia and portugal although recently strong are not historical powerhouses. although i agree that england hasn't achieved enough to really be on that list either

[@itsamejc]

@@ThatOneAlligator neither has crotia bro

[@danieldigangi399]

I'm from Argentina, we played against France, and around 1.5 billion people watched the 2022 World Cup final live on television. That day more than 5 million people reunited to celebrate in the Obelisco (a Buenos Aires landmark)

[@albo_ar]

The 5 million wasn't that day, it was 2 days later when we try to have a parade with the players

[@andrs901]

Sobrevivió el McDonald's?

[@daytrippera]

​@@andrs901cuando llegue el fin del mundo, sólo las cucarachas y el McDonald's de Pellegrini sobrevivirán..

[@gavinrogue9604]

@@albo_ar De igual manera, reventaron el obelisco

[@saquibc]

I think more people in Bangladesh celebrated Argentina's victory than Argentinians in Argentina 😅

[@Pepe-rf1zg]

Tried to watch the super bowl one time, after 3 hours being bombarded with commercials that they occasionally interrupted with some football, I turned the shit off...

[@mats7492]

American football in general is terrible to watch as a European.. Just talking, ads over ads and almost no action.. I watched the Super Bowl once and literally fell asleep cause it’s so drawn out

[@austinseven4720]

I don't know if it has increased in recent times, but they conducted a study a few years back to see how long the ball was in play for during NFL games on average. The result? 11 minutes! 11 minutes of an hour long game, which takes 3 hours to broadcast! I've never been surprised that American Football generally struggles for support outside the US. If you take Rugby Union as a comparison (and I believe a leading influence in the development of American football), the contrast is stark. Aside from scrums, rugby is in almost continuous motion throughout 80 mins. It's no wonder many Europeans find American football boring to watch.

[@Capta1n4mer1ca]

​@austinseven4720 The funny thing about Europeans who just hate America and therefore hate American Football for no other reason than its American, is that all the 'reasons' they give about how boring or terrible or not world wide the sport is are completely false. I am a brit, who has loved football for his whole life, and fell in love with Am football 10 years ago. They are both tied as my favourite sport, and I watch almost every NFL game and every game from big football events, along with every chelsea game and champions league. And let me explain to you how you are wrong. Firstly, while your stat is correct, let's look at the same stat in football: In the Premier league, the ball is in play fot 58 mins on average. So right then and there you are watching 32 + mins of dead ball and rolling around. Secondly, this constant "action" that you speak of in football is completely false. Just because the clock is always ticking and the ball is on the pitch for 60 mins does not mean that stuff is happening for all of that time. If you watched England at the euros over the last month, I'm sure you can agree as to how a game of "constant ball in play" is utterly boring. And as a side note, due to how the game has developed from a monetary stand point, the big teams are so big, that over half of the the premier league plays negative defensive football when they face these teams leading to a lot more boring matches than we would like. Am Football on the other hand is literally designed to be entertaining and have constant action, much as you think it's the exact opposite. Now I will preface this by saying I agree with you and everyone about how the adverts suck and would be much nicer if we didn't have them. But they are a side product of the American greed so that's aside from the sport. (Plus it does make the nfl the highest earning and most profitable sports league in the entire world, which includes the prem and UCL and world cup). Back to the sport itself though, the reason there is breaks within the game, and so little "action time" as you say, is because the sport is played at full sprint and full intensity on every single play. 5-10 seconds of everything you've got on every single play. Imagine Usain bolt running his hundret meter, and then asking him to do another 100 right after without a rest expecting the same high level of speed. Impossible. So the players need a breather between each play. Which by the way if you understand the sport, you don't even notice the 10 - 30 seconds I'm between plays because you are still analysing the last play because the there is so much going on that replays are actually interesting go watch to see every part of the play. And next is the 4 down situation. This goes for all American sports, but in football specifically each team is given 4 attempts to move the ball 10 yards, if you do not do so, you HAVE to give the ball to the other team. This means that there is ALWAYS action on every play, because each team is trying to score every time they have the ball. There is no, holding possession, or time wasting, or playing a low block with no possession. Essentially all the parts of world football that we hate are outlawed my American Football. You either try to score, or you give the ball to someone who will try. This makes the sport eternally interesting from minute 1 to minute 60. Also the scoring format is perfect. It's low enough scoring that every single score is exciting, but it's not too high scoring like basketball where each individual score doesn't really mean anything. In football it's is far too difficult to score a goal, and because its the only way to score points, each goal means so much. Usually 2 goals means a game is basically over, 3? Might aswell turn that aucksr off cos the other team has given up already. In am football however, 3 scores is definitely not too much, and even with 2 minutes left on the clock, even down by 17 points, a team can come back. This is due to being able to stop the clock by utilising tactics and time outs, this is also due to innovative ways of getting possession of the ball back (onside kicks) and like I mentioned before, after you score your first 7 points to start your late comeback, the other team isn't allowed to just hold the ball for the rest of the time, they HAVE to try to advance the ball. Which leads to turnovers and the most incredible endings to games. And on a regular basis too, week in week out there is so much drama. American Football is far more interesting than world football unfortunately, but it's too difficult to understand and too high of a barrier to entry for the rest of the world. This leads to unfair analysis about stuff that you don't understand. I'll leave you with this: we saw the best final that we will ever see In the 2022 Qatar World cup final. If you think back to most other finals you have watched, they are usually boring, timid performances that end in 1-0. Happens most world cups unfortunately. It's undoubtedly the best sporting tournament of all time, and it almost always ends in boring finals. Really anticlimactic. Over the last 10 years of watching this sport, there has been what can be considered 2 boring superbows. In that same time there have also been the 4 superbowls which are debated as the best ever.

[@austinseven4720]

@@Capta1n4mer1ca I was making a comparison to Rugby Union not football in terms of constant play. Which there is as the ball doesn't go dead bar line outs and penalties, though scrums take longer than they should. And yes, as a football fan I'm aware that there is a lot of time wasting which is why you get ridiculous added time these days. As for the rest of your rant, projection much? My disinterest in American football has absolutely nothing to do with my opinion of the USA as a country, and I'd be willing to bet that is the same thing in most cases. I didn't criticise American Football fans; just highlighted that the way the game plays out is one likely reasons that it isn't as popular outside of America.

[@Phil-ng6nf]

​@@Capta1n4mer1ca I watched every Superbowl and 90 percent of playoff games in the last 10 years. But I wouldn't watch it on an american channel. We only have half the number of ads and it is still the second worst part of the game. The worst part is the halftime show.

[@nilupulmanodya8497]

Even ind vs pak worldcup cricket match is bigger than super bowl

[@andresausecha9553]

"El clásico" between Barcelona and Madrid has more audience than the Superbowl, around 400 million around the world see that match

[@monster10ify]

It’s “global” football not just “European”. Football is global.

[@garyt123]

American Football refers to the "football" originally from the United States. European Football is a misnomer therefore, as it refers to English Football, originally from England.

[@estebanmontero7179]

@@garyt123 yes but no, to really check is with "global" if you just used european football, you will no see the others continents

[@garyt123]

@estebanmontero7179 The reference is to the _origin_ of the style of football. Isn't "American" football also played in Australia, Germany and Argentina? So you want global football and global American football? That's just silly. In reality American football is a dumb name in any case.... it isn't played with ones 'foot'and technically it isn't played with a 'ball'.

[@triplew_13]

​​@@garyt123 they had no shame, a sports in fact that entire game using their hand than foot and called it Football 😂 , it would be perfect if we called it HandEgg 😂

[@drjoaozinho]

Funny that they say that because the biggest national teams and players are from South America : Brazil, Argentina, Pelé, Messi, Ronaldo, Maradona etc

[@oONodokaOo]

It's difficult to imagine the scale of it when you have not seen it with your own eyes but during the 2018 world cup final match, the whole city of Paris stopped moving. Meeting rooms were used everywhere to watch the match. From every street you could hear people roar from inside the buildings when there was a goal and their cries of disappointment when it was a miss. I worked near the Champs-Elysees and we litterally had to evacuate the building and could not work on the afternoon the players were expected to come because there was a human sea outside (in the adjacent streets too) coming spontaneously to cheer for the players. All public transport was blocked and it took 2 hours just to move through the street by foot. Collegues litterally wished each other "good luck" and gave each other water bottles and snacks before going out and disappearing in the seemlesly neverending crowd outside (to join the fun of course!) 😂 I'll never forget those memories.

[@geraldinemaigne8463]

Me either.

[@chrisellis3797]

It's bot European Football, it's World football. Hence World Cup, even the US qualify occasionally

[@arthur_p_dent]

Actually the US have qualified almost every time since 1990. Only missed out in 2018, and 5 out of the 9 times they did qualify in that time, they even made it out of the group stage. And with CONCACAF (the confederation of North America, Central America and Caribbean football) now being granted SIX guaranteed World Cup places, their participation (as well as Mexico's and Canada's) is virtually guaranteed for every future World Cup.

[@1brknglss]

i think he meant to distinguish between american football and football/soccer

[@occamraiser]

Unlike the World Series !!!! Really America, you are a standing joke.

[@yllbardh]

Emphasise on *occasionally*

[@kevanwillis4571]

U.S.A. played England in the 2010 World Cup. The game was scheduled to kick off at 19.30. but the USians turned up late at 19.42 and claimed they'd won it anyway.😅

[@Shoomer88]

And then we have the "World Series" - which nearly the entire world doesn't compete in.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Boring! 🥱

[@Hrochnick]

or care about...

[@buddy1155]

Americans don't like to lose, that is why the US also doesn't compete in F1

[@s1os2s3]

Well, tbf, from americans perspective each state is like a country and USA is their world. Kinda thats the attitude, and it is not entirely wrong. USA is a federation. Governors are like the President of their own country if we consider size, laws and culture. I mean if we were to compare USA states to european coutries.

[@gyderian9435]

Its easier to say america number one when there aren't other competitors

[@ennohoock154]

The Oktoberfest in Germany draws something like 5 times the amount of travellers than the soccer world cup 😂

[@arthur_p_dent]

In terms of worldwide TV audience, the Super Bowl isn't that impressive actually. In fact, more people watch the final of the Eurovision Song Contest each year, than the Super Bowl.

[@borekminer]

as a european im pretty sure the eurovision probably has a shadow audience,its a pretty known event even when no one really talks about it

[@Fe-ironman]

EVEN THE CRICKET WORLDCUP HAD VIWERSIHP OF 600MILLION which might be 3rd biggest or 4th biggest thing so lol superbowl is nowhere

[@NkSs96]

And younger people tends to not even care about it. In my surroundings at least.

[@gwaptiva]

I think the superbowl ranks 7th or 8th, behind even the rugby world cup and very much the cricket world cup

[@joeldumas5861]

You can't compare a country, no matter how big, with a whole planet. American football is a local game played by locals and unlike regular football, isn't really a thing elsewhere. Moreover, I suspect that many Americans watch the Superbowl only in the hope of another nipplegate 😂

[@easybigun7825]

I think the slightly sarcastic nature of the comments is because the Superbowl winners call themselves "World Champions" and baseball has the "World" Series. I think this annoys quite a few fans of truly worldwide sports, like football.

[@clothilde1623]

YES to this, it’s patently ludicrous and arrogant af! Can you imagine _any_ other country declaring a team WORLD champions just for winning a domestic competition?? Cause I can’t! Except maybe North Korea or something 😂

[@Gilsao157]

Even for clubs, football has a legit world championship (which is good, but everyone care more about UCL and Libertadores)

[@lucamaggiolini5062]

They are starting learning that non-US people might be better in "their" sports, for example in basketball. Jokic, Doncic, Giannis, Nowitzky....

[@Sabundy]

​@@lucamaggiolini5062Japan absolutely smokes them at baseball.

[@Dr.BenjiBuddy]

I had heard of the Super Bowl before this video... But I had no idea what sport it was 😂 Super Bowl is really insignificant outside the US

[@nexuslang]

By unofficial accounts, the last WC final between Argentina and France in Qatar 2022 was watched by over 3 billion people worldwide (picture the thousands watching the game on a single giant public screen in India or Bangladesh, then multiply that by thousands more around the world...). Even in the U.S., bars, restaurants and even shopping malls and outdoor giant screen venues were packed with people watching the match. The biggest rivalry involving national sides in football is probably Brazil vs Argentina. When it comes to clubs, the biggest rivalries are most likely Real Madrid-FC Barcelona in Europe (Spain) and River Plate-Boca Juniors in the Americas (Argentina).

[@ArchieArpeggio]

Why American football is called football?! It´s more like handegg...

[@DamienDu90300]

the ball was supposed to be one foot long, hence the name football.

[@Shadow_AMV]

​@@DamienDu90300 should be feetball

[@samseg5099]

​@@DamienDu90300Then it should be handfootball

[@jaromor8808]

tbh American football used the word "football" before we/Europeans called our football "football"

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Throw ball.

[@CrazyhorseDK]

1) fifa world cup 2) uefa champions league 3) Olympics Games 4) Uefa European Cup 5) Copa America / Afcon 6) IRB Rugby world cup 7) ICC Cricket World Cup 8) Indian IPL 20/20 cricket 9) NFL Superbowl

[@Sabundy]

Thank you.

[@CrazyhorseDK]

@@Sabundy no problem :)

[@sabineworner5202]

Even the final of the European football champions is watched by three times more people than the Super Bowl and Eurovision also has more viewers.

[@Lilly8Listens]

It is estimated that 500 million people around the world watch the Grand National, that's a horse race here in England, and if those figures are correct, that makes it about twice as popular as The Superbowl.

[@ReverZe83]

Superbowl only generates 125 million consistent viewers

[@tazylab6233]

You have to look for rivalry world wide in football or put soccer, because those teams are only from Europe, Barcelona and real Madrid both from Spain, but in the world cup is country against country, like Argentina/Uk

[@mcstaal]

American football and baseball are local sports. Real football and rugby are global sports.

[@hansjanko7966]

Add Basketball to the list of global sports.

[@mcstaal]

@@hansjanko7966 Yes. But still a minor sport.

[@arthur_p_dent]

1:50 a few years ago, they wanted to emulate the NFL Half Time Show at the final of the DFB-Pokal (German cup; this is the single biggest annual game in German football) and had song performances. This was massively criticized, nobody cared, and it has been dropped since. Besides, the half time is only 15 minutes and unlike in American football, a soccer match goes 45 minutes uninterrupted by commercials. So you WANT that 15 minutes break. If in the stadium, you go to the restrooms or buy a beer and a wurst. If watching from home, these 15 minutes are for the halftime analysis of the game, or world news, and of course a few commercials. So, no time for a half-time show either way.

[@sylvcast9948]

To add to that it was not only critized but the artist was merciless booed off the whole time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXzUZ4ebmNuDY80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppfKfHmPpMeEj8k That being said it was not quite the same as the NFL half time show. The stage was smaller as you cant really do a whole show including construction and deconstruction on the main pitch in the 15 Minute that a pause goes.

[@zo7034]

I remember when Camilla Cabello played before a big final a couple years ago and she cried on social media because fans were chanting in support of their team rather than singing along to her.

[@arthur_p_dent]

@@sylvcast9948 "artist" being a bit of a stretch here anyway.

[@sylvcast9948]

@@arthur_p_dent fair enough

[@poorwotan]

At the recently concluded Copa America, Shakira (a legit wide audience star) had a halftime show. She was good, but lengthening the halftime to almost 30 minutes created an even bigger shit show for Conmebol...(security concerns, the fans storming to stadium with no tickets, the issue at the Colombia/Uruguay semifinal, the horrible grass overlaid on artificial turf, etc...) Tons of criticism and rightfully so.

[@charlomune5143]

Americans, you guys are definitely in your own world when it comes to sports

[@Starlight_7890]

More people watch the cricket world cup compared to the super bowl!!

[@mats7492]

And cricket is already a sport nobody outside former British colonies has any idea about

[@quinob]

90% of them are probably from India. Having a population of 1.5 billion helps.

[@mats7492]

@@quinob true

[@godandie9558]

@@quinob Just like with Superbowl. It is pretty irrelevant outside of USA

[@ktwashere5637]

more people watch competitive swimming world wide than watch the Superbowl

[@frale_2392]

It's not that surprising considering that American Football is almost exclusively an american sport. As big as it is nationally you can't compare it to a worldwide event with multiple countries taking part in it

[@ThomasDonnelly1888]

It was actually invented in Quebec and the Canadians still play it, but fuck them I suppose, Pure United Stater greed and entitlement to not even recognise the gridiron league literally right next to there's. It's like an Englishman refusing to learn about the Bundesliga.

[@penname5766]

No, but the point is that the US sells everything to its citizens as a global event: “World Series” for example, which of course is a misnomer and explains why they are so egocentric as a nation. The World Cup, on the other hand, really is a global event.

[@Telendil]

No American Football is played all around the world by now. A little more in rich nations hence the cost of equipment. I played American Football 15 years ago i i lived in a small city in the eu. The thing is even if you have one American Football club in a small city with one youth and one adult team. But you have like 6 football clubs with multiple teams across diffrent age groups (sometimes multiple teams per age group) thats why american football cant compare to how many people play football.

[@penname5766]

@@TelendilI think the point being made is the numbers of people who play American sports outside of America is pretty infinitesimal in comparison to football as to be basically insignificant, although I know the numbers are growing.

[@Telendil]

@@penname5766 Thats what i said... I only pointed out that it is not almost exclusively american. Btw the more or less exclusively american sport If there is any is Baseball.

[@mishinha]

The final of the worldcup has a great viewership beacause those two have beaten the other coutries before them. So, the people want to either see them defeated or make sure they were the one's to defeat.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

The Superbowl is mainly watched by an American audience. The World Cup is watched by a worldwide audience, so therefore, the audience figures are considerably larger. It's great to watch an American release that what they have been led to believe is wrong.

[@catholicbeth2371]

Just after the war my Dad was one of the British soldiers in Egypt helping to run a transit camp for German, Austrian and Italian prisoners of war waiting to go home. When the Brits and other nationalities got together for a sporting show down it wasn’t American football they played, of course it was proper football.....

[@yoloswaggins9989]

Imagine The US and Russia actually putting some effort in soccer and face eachother in a World cup game.... The Views would be sky high..

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Never heard about Super Bowl, what is that? A new hype? What do I miss. Greetings from Spain

[@juma1130]

halftime is for ads since we dont stop the game every 5 seconds to sell d pills or ssri

[@FlbcImp]

American football is an entertainment,football is a sport. If the most important thing is the half time show that proves the NFL isn't serious.

[@donsland1610]

Finally, an American who admits that the Super Bowl is so boring that people only tune in to watch the half-time show! A survey done in 2020 showed that the ball is actually"in play" for only 18 minutes during the entire four quarters. I watched an exhibition match at Crystal Palace in London back in 1985 or 86 and we left after nearly three hours of watching nothing happening.

[@nicoladc89]

I really never understood how people who watch a 4 hours long match in which only 15 minutes are actual game can consider boring a real football match. American football matches are more boring than the 24 hours of Le Mans at 5am with the Safety Car in.

[@LorenzoPaier]

i tried to watch the superbowl once. too many interruptions, the game itself was entertaining, but i couldn't make it through the end, i wanted to watch a sport match, not a long commercial add with a show in the middle and some football here and there

[@speleokeir]

I watch the highlights which just show the game time and don't include all the stoppages and skip the half time show

[@vivliforia2262]

The Super BOWL 🥗: America's eating contest The World CUP ☕: a worldwide drinking competition 😂

[@JorgesTravelJewels-gr1ek]

The World Cup actually has a closing ceremony that is held before the match and usually has a famous singer or group playing being Shakira the most celebrated; she has performed in four closing ceremonies and for every performance she writes a different song. The most famous is Waka Waka which has 3.96 billion views on KZbin.

[@mayraalejandragonzalezeraz5886]

I really loved Waka Waka and since I'm also from Colombia I felt honoured when Shakira participated as one of the singers.

[@irreverend_]

About 1.5 billion watched the 2022 final apparently.

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

24.2M alone watched the 2024 European Championships final on the BBC. Viewing figures beyond that haven't been released however for the entire competition.

[@jandroniol]

When I was young, we had a sports education teacher here in Spain who encouraged us to learn to play other types of sports outside the traditional ones, to get out of our comfort zone and have fun doing it. We suggested playing American football and the woman burst out laughing. We were surprised that she reacted like that and asked what was going on. She told us to choose sports that wouldn't break the school budget and then showed us how much a basic team cost. Besides, the playing field with that inverted "u" shaped goal was completely out of our reach.

[@martijnkeisers5900]

The fact that he is surprised says it all... 😂

[@mickaelmx]

To be fair the WC is every 4 years, but even comparing the Super Bowl to other annual events, it is still far behind the Tour de France (3.5B) or the Champions League Final (450M), just because they are truly global sports, not just the US and a few Mexican or Canadian fans. I mean even US people can understand that!?

[@nox8730]

I am french and i don't exactly know what the super bowl is. I just know that it is a competition of american football in the USA, and that's it. I am the curious type, but american football is so far out of my preoccupations that i never cared to learn about it.

[@nelltheretrogamer]

All countries have something that is considered "required viewing" and those things can be funny to outsiders. Here in Finland, the required viewing is the president's ball on our independence day. It mostly consists of the president shaking hands with the guests. Foreigners can't understand why anyone wants to watch that. But it usually gets close to 3 million viewers, which is quite a lot in a country of 5.6 million people.

[@BIGBEN9999999]

Not here, nothing like "required"

[@wuhtevah3840]

Dude... You guys need hobbies....

[@blechtic]

@@wuhtevah3840 The point is they comment on the dresses, hair, whatever, talk about who got invited and why (besides the political elites, ambassadors, whatever veterans are left, other bigwigs, they invite artists, athletes, etc., technically an "ordinary" person could earn an invite) and later, when everyone is in, they do interviews, etc. People do the same at home (though probably not interviews but commenting on them). It's a thing, for people who are interested. It sort of "outs" the bigwigs for everyone, so they can't stay incognito, and the president gets the raw end of the deal there with the handshakes and greetings, getting pegged down a bit, so there are some upsides for a democratic republic. Also, it may not be very active watching.

[@tomscorpion6288]

@@blechtic That sounds like something only homosexual people and some women would do.

[@amadeusendymion1272]

Ah, the famous Finnish sense of humour at work...

[@listerofsmegv987pevinaek5]

Yes, Ryan, the world doesn't revolve around America. At least you and others in the states are learning about this. I've tried three or four times to watch NFL After half an hour i gave up.

[@markoradulovic3307]

Superbowl event is kind of one big commercial, World Cup is about true passion

[@a2_games]

I always thought superbowl was the bowling tournament

[@martinuk964]

I thought it was some kind of magnificent bird

[@eileencritchley4630]

I remember the first time I heard of the Superbowl i thought oh is that a big bowling tournament. Glad it wasn't just me .

[@blechtic]

It sounds like a horrible, semi-liquid, punch-like food-drink combo served at a failed party.

[@yenhuynh3970]

World Cup with 32 nations vs. Super Bowl only in US. Nothing's strange!

[@ernestoleonduplatupegui7398]

You got on 10% of the picture 1. There are club teams that plays at national Leagues, such as Real Madrid that plays in Spain, Bayern Munich in Germany, Boca Juniors in Argentina, Liverpool in England, Glatasary in Turkey, Milan in Italy ect. 2. And there are National Teams, where the Best players of each League are selected, Brasil, Argentina, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Colombia ect. Just like USA Dream Team of basket in the olimpics. 3. The World Cup is the biggest Event of National Teams and the biggest Rivarly is Brasil vs Argentina, thats the Dream final of all football fans, it has never happen in a final World Cup...it happens in round of 16 in 1990 4. The World Cup is played every 4 years, but during this 4 years, Selections play classification rounds to reach the World Cup by confederations, South América CONMEBOL Europe EUEFA North América CONCACAF ect. 5. Alternatevily there are The confederetion Cups, The Eurocup, La Copa América, The Golden Cup North América ect. Every 4 years too but, Ford example, the last World Cup was on 2022 this year 2024 we had the Eurocup and the Copa América. 6. But heres is More, Every year every National League play a local League and a international confederation League, the Champions League in Europe and the Copa Libertadores de América in South América are two of those, but Theres one in every Confederation, and at the end of the year the winners play a small tournament call the world Cup of Clubs 7. And we, the football fans wacth all of those tournaments, local Leagues, International Leagues, National Confederation Tournaments and we Wait Four long years Ford the biggest Tournament of the World THE WORLD CUP. So my friend this why Theres no Event in the World like the FIFA WORLD CUP....and the reason football is SO popular in the World is beacuse is the cheapest sport to play, You don't need equipment and You don't need a court, the only thing You need is a friend with a ball and a courtyard....nothing more..

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

European football doesn't need halftime shows to keep the fans entertained 😅

[@drjoaozinho]

Brazil is the best in football, how people even dare to call it “European” ?????

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

@@drjoaozinho because 7:1

[@Creeny_]

​@drjoaozinho lol stop glazing yourself Brazil is getting worse and worse every year should I remind you 7:1 against Germany

[@ok4350]

Bro should be a comedian​@@drjoaozinho

[@lalalala99992]

Biggest Internation rivalry within two relevant national teams is Brazil x Argentina

[@Wickerrman]

Those are the 2 I was thinking of, but being English...England v Germany would be pretty huge too given the history!

[@anouk6644]

@@WickerrmanI think any European country playing against Germany feels the same. In the Netherlands it’s our biggest rival too. Wonder which country Germany would pick? Maybe France or Spain?

[@davorfistrovic7363]

@@Wickerrman nah, england is not on that level

[@thanossnap4170]

@@Wickerrman England v. Germany is a big rivalry.... for England. Germany don't feel the same.

[@Wickerrman]

@@thanossnap4170 Probably true, but it would still be a big match, cus as we constantly hear...everyone wants England to lose cus of singing a certain song. People typically either support or dislike England, very similar to Argentina in that sense.

[@lgarcia67]

We Americans don’t like to admit it, and some times get defensive about the Super Bowl being dwarfed by soccer. We were having a discussion on that topic at work and someone said “well that is still the biggest sporting event produced by two clubs, in a single country…” that’s when we got the stats from Real Madrid vs Barcelona, which has a viewership of 600 millions… at least twice per year. Soccer is just too big around the world.

[@wZem]

Biggest rivalries in international football would be Brazil vs Argentina and in Europe maybe I‘m biased as a German but I feel a lot of the classic matchups involve Germany: Germany vs Netherlands, Germany vs England and Germany vs Italy all have a special feel to them.

[@Julydazur]

As a French, have to say you forget France vs England for when I lived in Glasgow, Scotland, the Welsh, Scots and the Irish were with me too 😊 And France vs Italy is huge too, especially here in the south east of France where you have people with both nationalities. But that's maybe cause I'm French

[@lorrainewillis6364]

In 2023 Liverpool v Man Utd had a global audience of around 600m...that's one match - Barcelona v Real Madrid...650m across 185 countries. Football is massive!

[@EsterHorbach-it9tb]

Not everything from the US is popular all over the world. People outside the US probably know American football, but when they talk about football, they mean the game called soccer in the US.

[@arthur_p_dent]

5:16 Rio is in a different time zone than London, and in a very unsuitable time zone for all these billions of people in Asia (8pm in Rio is 3am the next morning in Beijing). That alone should account for the drop in viewership.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

He's American and didn't think of that. It hurts when they have to think.

[@vallejomach6721]

Time zone almost certainly a factor...plus I would also say that by 2016 there was probably far more digital coverage than even 4 years prior...and social media etc. The figures given seemed to suggest tv broadcast figures only. Dunno?

[@dnocturn84]

@@vallejomach6721 Actually no. The calculation for viewership is a complicated one. It does include internet streams today. It also tries to take into account multiple people (a family, a group of friends, people watching in a pub or people watching it on a large public screen) watching on a single device.

[@ktwashere5637]

I grew up in Australia and even small children are allowed to get up in the middle of the night to watch sporting events. I remember getting up to watch the Olympics and the Wimbledon finals in particular.

[@arthur_p_dent]

@@ktwashere5637 sure, but if the "prime time" of the top Olympic events is 8pm or 9pm, you may watch every day or almost every day. But very few people are going to get up at 3am for that. Maybe once or twice for a key event, when your athlete is in an important final. but certainly not 14 days in a row. It does make a difference whether the Olympic day runs from noon to 10pm your time, or from 8pm to 6am.

[@mskatonic7240]

The way Ryan pronounces UEFA is hilarious 😂

[@restlessly12]

It tells us he doesn’t know football without telling us he doesn’t know football. 😂

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Not only is American Football an instantaneous channel change, depictions of it in Hollywood movies only reinforce the rejection.

[@jca111]

0.8 billion watched the 2023 Rugby World cup - so even that is larger than the SuperBowl - SuperBowl is nearly exclusivly USA views only.

[@Arltratlo]

Rugby is an Sport many can play....you need cash to play American Demolition Derby!

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

Let's just realise the fact that Super Bowl is an event of the US... (It's ONE nation). The World Cup is what it says, a WORLD cup.. A lot more countries competing... The WORLD is a LOT more than the US... 😉 Greetings from Sweden!🤘🇸🇪

[@bonjouritsready]

Brazil vs Argentina or Germany vs Netherlands would be the biggest ‘rivalries’ in International football. The former would have crazy numbers in the World Cup final. The UCL is the Champions League, which is a much more relative comparison to the Super Bowl as it’s a club competition and not an international competition. It’s the apex of European football and club football in general.

[@ΜΑΡΙΑΚΟΡΩΝΗ]

You can't imagine what is going on during World Cup on this planet! (except USA)). It's mind blowing.