368 Billion Global Viewing Minutes: In India’s Champions Trophy Triumph, ICC Announces Record-Breaking Numbers

The International Cricket Council (ICC) unveiled the narcotic figures for broadcasting television reached around the world after the memorable Male Champions of the ICC 2025 held in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. Celebrating 368 billion minutes of world vision on global coverage, the event becomes the most watched Male Champions Trophy and represents growth of 19% compared to the previous event held in England and Wales in 2017.

The CPI 2025 Male Champions Trophy also attracted 308 million minutes of world vision – the ever ever reduced for an ICC event.

A successful final in Dubai saw India asserting the emblematic white jackets, and their victory over New Zealand on March 9 has become the most watched ICC champions match of all time, with 65.3 billion minutes of live vision worldwide, breaking the 2017 final record of 52.1%.

The fascinating final also occupies third place in the most watched ICC matches of all time in the world by Live Watch Time, while in India itself, the match also represents the third most watched ICC match of all time, only exceeded by the India semi-final against neo-Zealand at the Cricket Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 of the ICC and the final Australia.

Distribute on 29 channels and nine languages, and with the return of the award -winning Indian sign language and audio descriptive comments, the coverage in India has presented a range of inclusive innovations designed to guarantee that all fans can take advantage of the unequaled drama of the Champions Trophy, which leads to the most watched champions trophy.

In addition, the event has a highest proportion of surveillance time allocated to digital sources of any ICC tournament of all time in India, with the Maxview vertical flow – product in collaboration with the ICC – offering an intuitive and engaging mobile visualization experience.

The tournament has become the most watched champions trophy of all time in Australia, with global vision hours of 65% in 2017. With improved coverage featured the introduction of a Hindi language flow, Amazon Prime Video has witnessed the highest audience of any ICC event illustrated exclusively on the platform.

Elsewhere, fans of the United States has challenged less favorable match schedules to record growth of 38% in time of surveillance compared to the 2017 event.

Jay Shah, President of the ICC, said: “We are delighted to share that the ICC Champions 2025 has reached a world recorder viewer, which makes it the most watched publishing of the tournament to date. These remarkable figures reflect the growing world attraction of the game and the strength of our partnerships”, “cited from a version of the ICC.

“We are particularly grateful for the innovation and continuous investment of the Jiostar Network in India, which offered live coverage in 29 unique dissemination flows in nine languages, an effort that has played an important role in achieving new audiences and the deepening of fans’ commitment,” he added.

“It is also encouraging to attend an exceptional market growth such as Australia, where Amazon Prime Video recorded a 65% increase in viewer compared to the 2017 edition, and in the United States, where Willow TV has seen a notable increase in audience figures despite difficult start hours,” he noted.

“These milestones testify to the growing imprint of the game and the passion of cricket fans in the world,” he said.

Although the hosts are not looking for the consecutive success of the Champions Trophy, the hours of vision of the 2025 event in Pakistan increased by 24% against the figures accumulated during their winning campaign in 2017 trophy.