Spain's victory over Argentina in Sunday's World Cup final attracted a peak audience of 15.8m on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with the BBC enjoying a 64% share of all TV viewing for the match and an average of 13.9m watching as Ferran Torres' extra‑time strike sealed Spain's second World Cup triumph.

The final was streamed 11.1m times on BBC iPlayer, including 2.4m UHD streams, and the BBC Sport live‑text coverage on the website and app was viewed more than 18.8m times, including 14.2m views in the UK. Saturday's third‑place play‑off between England and France brought in a peak audience of 11.8m on BBC One and iPlayer, with an average audience of 10.8m.

Across the World Cup as a whole, the BBC saw an overall reach of 42.8m across TV viewing. Audiences streamed matches 237m times on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app, and the BBC Sport website and app attracted 57.2m unique visitors, with fans viewing BBC Sport content 1.7b times. Match highlights were streamed 67.3m times while the new BBC Football YouTube channel generated 100m views, and across social media, clips, interviews and fan moments attracted 2.55b video views.

Director Alex Kay‑Jelski said: "This has been a World Cup we'll never forget, and that's entirely down to the millions of people who chose to experience it with the BBC."