Television has had a huge impact on society over the past few decades, particularly when it comes to broadcasting major live events.
From presidential inaugurations to moon landings and more, TV has brought tons of historical happenings into living rooms around the world.
With that in mind, we take a look at which genres generated the most interest amongst people when they were originally screened.
Live music
According to recent research by Betway, live music is responsible for four of the top 10 most watched TV events of all time.
Live Aid garnered the biggest proportion of the global population when it was aired in 1985, with nearly two people in every five watching the fund-raising concerts.
Live 8 (2005), Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii (1973), and The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990) are the other music events that feature in the top 10.
Live sport
It comes as no surprise to find that sport has two entrants in the top 10 most watched events, with professional boxing and the Olympic Games both represented.
The Rumble in the Jungle between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali in 1974 is fifth on the list, with one-quarter of the global population tuning in to watch the fight.
The opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympics also features, having been watched by 21 percent of people worldwide.
Royal weddings
Many people view a prince marrying his princess as a fairytale, which explains why two royal weddings in the United Kingdom attracted widespread attention.
Prince Charles and Diana’s wedding in 1981 attracted 750 million viewers worldwide – a figure that represented 17% of the global population.
However, Prince Harry blew his parents out of the water when he married Meghan Markle in 2018, with 1.9 billion people tuning in – one-quarter of the world’s population.
Moon landing
The space race during the 1960s generated massive interest around the world as nations attempted to become the first to put a man on the moon.
The United States achieved the feat with their Apollo 11 mission in 1969 – an event watched by approximately 650m people worldwide.
This amounted to just shy of one-fifth of the global population – a staggering total considering the pictures were barely visible.
Presidential inauguration
In a country where racism remains a huge problem, it was impossible to ignore the significance of Barack Obama’s inauguration as US president in 2009.
The first-ever black president in the country’s history was sworn in with a global television audience of one billion – which equated to 14 people out of every 100 on the planet.
Many Americans would love to see Obama return as the country’s leader, highlighting the impact he made during his time in the White House.