Actu Foot indicated that the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony gathered an average of 2.2 million viewers on the L'Équipe channel, with a peak of 3.1 million and a share of 17%. According to the report, the channel was the leading one in France on Monday night, and it was the most-watched ceremony in its history. Actu Foot compared these figures to the 2 million viewers of the 2022 edition, won by Karim Benzema, and the 1.6 million of the 2025 edition, won by Ousmane Dembélé, citing L'Équipe and Médiamétrie. #BallonDor #Audience #Sport (translated)
