California, July 22 -- Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday revealed that more than 1.7 billion people around the world watched FIFA World Cup-related videos on YouTube during the tournament, making it the platform's most-viewed World Cup ever.

Sharing the milestone in a post on X, Pichai said the tournament generated unprecedented engagement on YouTube and pushed the lifetime views of World Cup-related content beyond 200 billion.

"The numbers are in: 1.7B+ global viewers tuned in to @YouTube to watch World Cup-related videos during the tournament. It was our most viewed World Cup ever on YouTube, bringing lifetime views of related content to over 200B!" Pichai wrote.

Earlier, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said more than 1.7 billion unique v...