Overview

• The World Cup qualifier in Cologne averaged 8.50 million viewers on RTL for a 36.6% market share, according to BILD.
• Viewership peaked at 9.46 million, the highest RTL figure for a national-team match this year, BILD reported.
• Among 14–49-year-olds the telecast drew a 48% share and 42% in the 14–59 bracket, per BILD.
• The second half reached 50.7% in the 14–49 demo, with total viewers rising to 8.75 million around 21:48, according to DWDL figures cited by Focus.
• The audience exceeded Thursday’s Slovakia match on ARD (7.47 million) but trailed June’s Nations League semi on ZDF (9.99 million) and the DFB women’s July semi on ARD (14.26 million), BILD noted.