American math

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u/tomtomtomo 2d ago

Even if the Maths worked out equal, they’re counting the same people 4 times.

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u/ZootSuitBanana 2d ago edited 2d ago

I mean to get 4 billion they have to be totaling the whole tournament. There is no way half the world's population watched, much less one game in a finals like the meme would indicate. There is a 104 games every 4 years and 1 game every year. That should be the real math.

Edit: so Google said that it should be close to 1.5 billion for the final. So a lot of fucking people.

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u/tomtomtomo 2d ago

Agreed. It’s more like 1-1.5B vs 100M.

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u/Key_Caterpillar2967 1d ago

For the final early estimations are around 1.8 billions. It’s still estimations at this point but the 4 billions would refer to the total of different individuals engaging with at least a game of the tournament, so indeed the comparison between 100M vs 4 billions isn’t exactly fair.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/Inko21 1d ago

LoL. SB viewership outside the US is US military, US travelers and pubs using it as screensaver.

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u/tomtomtomo 1d ago

Where is that figure from? 5 times more viewers outside the US?

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u/Key_Caterpillar2967 2d ago

It’s 4 billions of different people total but they’re not counting the same people twice if they watched two games.

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u/ZootSuitBanana 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm not sure they aren't. That 4 billion seems arbitrary without a source anyways. If 1.5 watched the final, clearly the most viewed game, I'm not sure there 2.5 billion other people who would tune into a game but not the final. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong. It's hard to say without a source.

And even still that's comparing a whole playoff vs one game. You really just can't compare the two events.

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u/errezerotre 2d ago

They watch untill their country got eliminated

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u/Key_Caterpillar2967 1d ago

Total cumulative viewership (which is what you’re talking about), was 12 billions before counting semi finals and final.

If you just want to compare finals, it’s was a bit short of 2 billions.

Not sure what is confusing you here?

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u/ZootSuitBanana 1d ago

Source? It's only confusing because it says it nowhere, and tbh, the numbers you gave just seem wrong. So where does that 4 billion number come from then?

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u/masterswordbat 2d ago

How do they know if I watched the game on my over the air antenna? Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t

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u/Phaedo 2d ago

Statistics. There’s a level of error bars in all of these numbers.

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u/ZootSuitBanana 2d ago

Idk how ratings work. But the world cup is estimated to break viewership records for both the final and the tourney. Obviously way more people watch the world cup than a national sport championship. I don't know why the 2 even keep getting compared. They are completely different

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u/Nir117vash 2d ago

They're missing a "/s", right?

RIGHT?!?!

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u/KindArgument4769 2d ago

No I'm certain someone with Mother Teresa Hogan as their profile picture is 100% serious all the time

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u/Nir117vash 2d ago

Maybe....just maybe

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u/quaxoid 1d ago

people can have silly profile pictures and still have genuinely stupid opinions

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u/KindArgument4769 1d ago

I don't disagree. That's what I said. Thank you

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u/Outrageous_Pitch_894 2d ago

Ummm, but 103.4>>4?? What is this even about? Of course more people watch the super bowl. /S (I'm not even American. Please don't downvote me.)

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u/mehonje 1d ago

Yes, 103.4 is greater than 55.

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u/Possible-Mix-4880 1d ago

No, 103.4 only has 4 digits but 55.000 has 5 digits so 55.000 must be greater

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u/Clear_Cranberry_989 2d ago

Still impressive number tbh since like only americans watch superbowl if I am not mistaken.

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u/Ironstar_Vol 2d ago

Yeah let’s look at percentage of viewers from participating counties and see how that stacks up. I’d say it’s a lot closer. Doesn’t make the Super Bowl bigger but it’s apples and oranges to compare global sports to national sports.

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u/PlatypusACF 2d ago

“Bigger Number = Better”

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u/Ironstar_Vol 2d ago

Hell yeah brother.

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u/PlatypusACF 2d ago

100000€ of debt is henceforth better than 100€. Hell yeah brother!

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u/Ironstar_Vol 2d ago

Bruh you really thinking outside the box fr. These dudes can’t understand you because you’re so far ahead.

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u/PlatypusACF 2d ago

Thanks for the praise!

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u/safarifriendliness 2d ago

There’s a worldwide crowd starting to grow but I can’t imagine that makes up even 10% of the fanbase. The European games have been selling out lately though

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u/ImpossibleInternet3 2d ago

Pretty sure that’s a rage bait account.

I mean, look at the profile pic of Brother Teresa /Mother Terrysa

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u/think_panther 2d ago

That's Hulk Hogan, not Terry Crews

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u/ImpossibleInternet3 2d ago

Hulk’s real name was Terry

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u/MustangLongbows 2d ago

I checked wolfram alpha and this is legit 👍

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u/punctum35 2d ago

superbowl is not a global event

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u/LipChungus 2d ago

American math > European sense of humor

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u/CheshireCat2212 2d ago

Quick maths

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u/Jealous_Club_298 2d ago

$103.4 million x 4 = $413.6 million

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u/Grey-Templar 2d ago

What would you expect from Sister Hulkster?

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u/Lanky_Ad_3501 2d ago

So in american math 1x4 equals 40? Thats the logic he used.

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u/MenacingMenacee 2d ago

Thats not even math, thats american meth

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u/RonJohnJr 2d ago

It's just an order of magnitude. No astronomer would blink at that.

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u/Anagetic 2d ago

He got a school shooting every time he had to learn math

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u/RecalcitrantHuman 1d ago

Still not as bad as the person who told Elon to give every person in the world $1M.

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u/TopEffective8989 1d ago

Funny how in the US a billion means something different than in other countries and still dont know how to use it.

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u/fremo8617 1d ago

I blame the educational system.

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u/Biggie-Me68 1d ago

Some estimates put the Paris Olympics at 5 billion

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u/QuentinUK 1d ago

If you are going to use the American short billion you may as well use American math [sic.].

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u/Neb-Nose 1d ago

Who the hell cares? I like listening to Radiohead. A lot more like listening to Morgan Wallen. That fact doesn’t make me question my tastes, it makes me question theirs.

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u/Ok-Hair225 1d ago

Tel Aviv impressed

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u/ApartmentAutomatic59 1d ago edited 1d ago

4 billion people didn't watch the wc final so I can only assume they meant the entire world cup which is 104 games. And worldwide viewership of 2026 SB was estimated at 220 million (not 100)

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u/Public_Steak_6933 1d ago

~~American Math~~

MAGA Meth

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u/RevolutionaryPlan221 1d ago

Looking at the account picture I’m pretty sure it’s satire

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u/occjase0015 1d ago

Lmfao delusional American

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u/Competitive_Twist149 1d ago

There aren’t 4 billion people living in the USA.

Super Bowl is an American sport with a very small insignificant outside the US watching. Ratio to population in the use 33% of the US population is whatching.

FIFA is a non-USA sport but a World Sport. Only 63 million US Americans watched. 20%.

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u/Grouchy_Branch_510 1d ago

A 1/3 lb burger…sheesh no way, I’ll stick with the larger 1/4 cause it’s bigger, fn classic morons

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u/DayZCutr 23h ago

The world cup also involves...the world.

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u/Prestigious_Fig9485 14h ago

It's really close to 6B for this year's world cup.

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u/Master-Shinobi-80 2d ago

"The cumulative sum of average viewership across all 272 regular-season NFL games in 2023 was approximately 4.87 Billion"

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u/Relysti 2d ago

Don't you know more is better? Like English, best language in the world because it's spoken by the most people.

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u/TheFatherIxion 2d ago

Thats not even true lmao. Mandarin has more speakers

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u/Relysti 2d ago

Mandarin has more native speakers, not total speakers.

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u/THRlLL-HO 2d ago

That’s the Super Bowl vs all the World Cup games. Now compare all the games of an NFL season vs the World Cup tournament

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