The wave of protest around the ecological and human impact of the World Cup in Qatar will have raised fears – or hope, it depends – of a television boycott of the competition. The day after the semi-final won against Morocco, TF1 announced a new record, at 20.7 million viewers. But did the course of the Blues really fascinate the crowds as much as during the previous edition? We resumed, one by one, the Médiamétrie measurements for the matches of the Blues in 2018, then in 2022, first at the group stage, then in the final phase of the competition. Video story.
was there a “boycott effect” on TV audiences?
