A peak audience of 9.1 million people tuned in to watch England’s dramatic win over Mexico in the World Cup on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer on Monday.
The game was overnight for a UK audience, with kick-off at 02:00 BST, but it was watched on average by 7.8m people on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer.
It is the biggest television audience ever for a live UK broadcast between 02:00 and 04:00.
It was also the biggest day on record for the BBC Sport website and app with 15m unique visitors and the biggest single day across BBC Sport’s social platforms with 330m video views.
Jude Bellingham scored twice in a frantic game, with England surviving a Mexico fightback at the Azteca Stadium to progress to the quarter-finals.
There was also a big catch-up audience, with the BBC’s highlights show streamed 5.9m times on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app, and on the BBC Football YouTube channel.
A peak audience of 1.1m and 900,000 on average watched the re-run on BBC Two from 07:10.
