GROS, ISLET, St Lu­cia – For the first time in its his­to­ry, the Re­pub­lic Bank Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL) has sur­passed the bil­lion-view­er­ship mark, com­bin­ing dig­i­tal and broad­cast plat­forms. The to­tal au­di­ence for the 2024 tour­na­ment reached an as­tound­ing 1.13 bil­lion, a re­mark­able 32% in­crease from 2023.

This surge in view­er­ship was fu­elled by growth across key mar­kets such as In­dia, the Caribbean, and the Unit­ed States, as well as a sig­nif­i­cant uptick in CPL’s so­cial me­dia en­gage­ment. These num­bers have so­lid­i­fied the CPL’s sta­tus as one of the most-watched crick­et tour­na­ments glob­al­ly.

The CPL reached au­di­ences world­wide through pre­mier broad­cast part­ner­ships in re­gions in­clud­ing the Caribbean, In­dia, the Mid­dle East, the UK, the USA, Cana­da, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Ad­di­tion­al­ly, the tour­na­ment was streamed live on CPL’s YouTube and Face­book chan­nels, pro­vid­ing ac­cess to fans in all oth­er ter­ri­to­ries.

The 2024 edi­tion fea­tured 34 match­es played across six host na­tions. An­tigua, Bar­ba­dos, Guyana, St. Kitts, Saint Lu­cia, and Trinidad. The Saint Lu­cia Kings tri­umphed in the fi­nal, clinch­ing their first-ever CPL ti­tle at the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um in Prov­i­dence.

Pe­te Rus­sell, CEO of CPL, ex­pressed his ex­cite­ment about the growth.“This mile­stone is a mon­u­men­tal achieve­ment for the CPL. Cross­ing the one-bil­lion-view­er­ship mark has been a long-stand­ing goal, and reach­ing 1.13 bil­lion demon­strates the im­mense ap­peal of the league across the Caribbean and world­wide. We’re thrilled with this growth and are ea­ger to build on this mo­men­tum for even greater suc­cess in 2025 and be­yond.”

CMC