Could the French football team be losing people along the way because of this difficult start to Euro 2024? Everything seems to indicate it. Audiences for Les Bleus matches have only declined since their start in the competition against Austria (11.25 million). Their draw against the Netherlands was “only” followed by 10.2 million people, and yesterday’s match against Poland by 9.348 million people. In other words, we lose a million per match, even if the audience share is better for France-Poland given the kick-off time (6 p.m.).
15.6 million viewers ahead of France-Portugal in 2021
If we compare the figures to the previous Euro, in 2021, the slap is even bigger, but to be put into perspective. At the time, Covid was still very present in our lives, the Blues had inherited the group of death and Karim Benzema had just made his return with the France team. Result, you get a good 15.6 million viewers for France-Portugal and barely less (15.1) for France-Germany. Even France-Hungary, the least competitive match in the group, had beaten the best score of 2024, with 12.3 million viewers loyal to the post. For the moment, we are still a long way from these figures.
