[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 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. While Chiefs-49ers owns the largest official Super Bowl audience on record, that is only because Nielsen did not begin including out-of-home viewing in its viewership estimates until The NFL Super Bowl and UEFA Champions League final are two of the most-watched games on TV. Over 123.7 million viewers watched the Super Bowl in 2024, making it the largest TV audience to date.A 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. 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 NFL Super Bowl halftime show viewers in the U.S. 2024 ; Italy: share of Super Bowl final TV audience 2016-2017; Consumer behavior toward the Super Bowl commercials in the U.S. 2017; The Super Bowl has surpassed 100 million viewers every year since 2010, topping out at 126.3 million in 2017 and 123.7 million in 2024. The Most-Watched Super Bowls in History Super Bowl 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 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. NEW YORK – February 14, 2023 –An estimated 113.06 million viewers were tuned in for Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, according to average audience estimates from Nielsen. The Super Bowl LVII telecast ran from 6:44 PM ET to 10:14 PM ET and averaged nearly 112.2 million viewers on FOX. In Super Bowl LI, the New England Patriots were able to come back from a 28-9 Atlanta Falcon lead in order to capture the Vince Lombardi trophy. There has, however, been a trend of poor super bowl performances, and fans are starting to question the importance of watching. NBA becoming predictable. The NBA finals have been a piece of work as well. Un nuevo año y otra final que en el Super Bowl 59 escribirá un capítulo más en la historia de la NFL que ya tiene 59 finales divididas en dos épocas, la segunda que inició con la unión de la National Football League y la American Football League. | TUDN NFL | TUDN The 2022 Super Bowl pales in comparison, having had an average TV viewership of 99.2 million on NBC plus an estimated 30 to 50 million viewers around the world. Felix Richter They were the network that broadcast Super Bowl 57, the last championship game meeting between the Chiefs and Eagles, and will get a rematch of what was an exciting 38-35 contest in 2023. During the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, a record 1.5 billion tuned in to see Lionel Messi’s Argentina knock off defending world champion France. previous record held by the 2023 Super Bowl Let's pretend the NBA Finals was single elimination. 11% of Americans say basketball is their favorite sport. 7% of Americans say soccer is their favorite sport. 37% of Americans say football is their favorite sport. If the Super Bowl had 113m viewers, we'd expect the Finals to get 34m viewers. The World Cup final had 25m US viewers this year. Instacart loads up its ad with tons of brand characters it hopes viewers recognize: from Mountain Dew’s “PuppyMonkeyBaby” character from a 2016 Super Bowl ad to the Jolly Green Giant and the The Champions League final is bigger than the Super Bowl in terms of viewers around the globe, by several million. Finding concrete numbers for both events is difficult, but any way you slice it Super Bowl viewers in the U.S. 2017-2023, by platform; Italy: Super Bowl final TV audience 2016-2017; NFL regular season ticketing revenue as share of total revenue 2010-2023;
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