[5] [6] In fact, the Super Bowl is the American sports broadcast with the most consistent ratings, [7] and draws substantially higher ratings than other sports events, including the NBA Finals and World Series. [8] Ratings for the Super Bowl first peaked from 1977 to 1987, when no less than 44.4% of American households with television sets Super Bowl ratings dating back to the very first game in 1967. The Super Bowl ratings record remains a 49.1 for 49ers-Bengals in 1982, but the viewership record was set just this year (2024) — 123.7 million for Chiefs-49ers. Earlier Super Bowls did better when it comes to TV ratings, with the highest-rated Super Bowl being a 49.1 in 1982 between the 49ers and Bengals. Of the five highest-rated Super Bowls ever, four Super Bowl television ratings and shares, including network (both NBC and CBS televised the first Super Bowl). The rating represents the percentage of televisions tuned in to a program. The share is the percentage of televisions on at the time that watched: The audience for Super Bowl LVIII was so large that it approached the all-time most watched television broadcast in the United States set in 1969, when an estimated 125 to 150 million viewers That game remains the most-watched Super Bowl in history, but Super Bowl LVIII came close with 123.7 million viewers. Ratings History of the Super Bowl Jan. 15, 1967. That included 95.2 million for the 2021 Super Bowl between Tampa Bay and Kansas City, which was the game’s lowest TV-only average since 2007. Univision averaged 2.3 million viewers, the highest Super Bowl viewership on record for a Spanish-language network. The Super Bowl has been televised in Spanish in the United States since 2014. Super Bowl LVIII was the most-watched program in television history, with an average of 123.7 million viewers tuning in to the Chiefs' 25-22 overtime win versus the 49ers. The Super Bowl on Sunday drew a staggering 123.4 million viewers who watched the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in a nail-biting overtime triumph, CBS Sports said in a There's a new Super Bowl TV ratings record, as an average of 120.3 million viewers tuned in on CBS to watch the Chiefs beat the 49ers. The last two Super Bowl's have set audience records, averaging 123.7 million viewers last year. This season NFL regular season and postseaon ratings have dropped Earlier Super Bowls did better when it comes to TV ratings, with the highest-rated Super Bowl being a 49.1 in 1982 between the 49ers and Bengals. Of the five highest-rated Super Bowls ever, four 2025 Super Bowl Viewership Prediction Method. I decided to use a very simple method to predict the viewership numbers for the upcoming Super Bowl: the tried-and-true linear regression. Super Bowl Draws 123.4 Million Viewers, Setting TV Ratings Record Chiefs’ victory over the 49ers breaks viewership records, boosted by overtime win and the presence of Taylor Swift By The Chiefs pursuit of the first three-peat in Super Bowl history delivers massive ratings for the NFL. Bob Thompson, Thompson Sports Group LLC, retired President of Fox Sports Networks and BTN co-founder Previous Post Sunday (2/11) sports ratings: Super Bowl, Caitlin Clark, NBA and golf Next Post Monday (2/12) sports ratings: College hoops tops chart It’s no The Wonder Years series premiere, or “The One After the Superbowl,” or the Family Guy pilot, but hey, ratings are ratings. Super Bowl LIX airs on Fox and streams on Tubi on Sunday Leading up to Super Bowl LVIII, the ratings (per Nielsen) for the NFL had been on the rise. During the 2023 regular season, the average audience across all networks was 17.9 million, a year-over SUPER BOWL 59 is on course to set an incredible TV ratings record. The biggest game of the American Football calendar takes place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday night. The 83,000 Earlier Super Bowls did better when it comes to TV ratings, with the highest-rated Super Bowl being a 49.1 in 1982 between the 49ers and Bengals. Of the five highest-rated Super Bowls ever, four
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