World darts final: Peak audience of 3.7m people watch Luke Humphries beat Luke Littler in PDC final
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The TV audience for Luke Humphries' victory over teenager Luke Littler peaked at 3.71 million, making the PDC World Championship final Sky Sports' biggest non-football peak audience.
In total 4.8 m people watched Wednesday's 2024 final - Sky's highest figure for a darts event.
Its previous darts record was 16-year-old Littler's semi-final against Rob Cross which gained a peak of 2.32m.
Humphries, 28, beat Littler 7-4 in a gripping final at Alexandra Palace.
Littler was aiming to become darts' youngest world champion after a remarkable run to the final.
But Humphries, the pre-event favourite who became world number one on Tuesday, saw off his challenge to claim the £500,000 first prize.
The 2024 peak figure also represented a 143% increase on last year's final when Michael Smith beat Michael van Gerwen 7-4.
It remains short of the 8.3m viewers who tuned in to watch qualifier Keith Deller win the 1983 title, beating favourite Eric Bristow in the now-defunct BDO World Championship on the BBC.
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