Netflix says 60 million households worldwide tuned in for Paul-Tyson match

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November 16, 2024 – 4:40 PM PST

Mike Tyson (black gloves) fights Jake Paul (silver gloves) at AT&T Stadium. Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images/File Photo

Netflix says that 60 million households worldwide had tuned in for the highly anticipated boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, and the event peaked at 65 million streams, according to a statement.

The bout between the 27-year-old social media influencer-turned-prize fighter Paul and the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Tyson, which Paul won, was streamed live on Netflix.

Nearly 50 million households tuned in for the co-main event between Ireland’s lightweight champion Katie Taylor and Puerto Rico’s featherweight champion Amanda Serrano, Netflix said.

“The bout is likely to be the most watched professional women’s sporting event in US history,” Netflix said in its statement.

There were some hiccups during the live-stream of the match, with over 90,000 users reporting problems on Netflix at its peak, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.

However, the streaming platform was back up on Saturday after the outage that lasted roughly six hours in the United States.

(This story has been corrected to say 60 million, not 50 million, in the headline)

^{(Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Nick Zieminski)}

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