Super Bowl television ratings have traditionally been high. One of the most watched annual sporting events in the world, the NFL 's championship game is broadcast in over 130 countries in more than 30 languages. [ 1 ] 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 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: Whereas TV ratings (or Nielsen ratings) are a percentage of American TV households that were watching a certain program or channel. For example, Super Bowl 58 had a Nielsen rating of 42.1 and 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. 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. 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 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 ratings growth continued in the postseason—the 12 playoff games leading up to Sunday's Super Bowl averaged 38.5 million viewers on TV and streaming platforms, the Associated Press reported The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more. Super Bowl TV Ratings Published: Jan 26, 2012 at 09:57 AM NEW YORK 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 Nielsen: Nielsen, which has been tracking Super Bowl ratings since the first game in January 1967, reports Super Bowl LVIII on CBS, Univision, Nickelodeon, Paramount+ and other digital services Television ratings and viewership for the 2018 National Football League regular season, postseason and Super Bowl. Week 15 NFL TV Ratings. WINDOW or DATE: GAME: NET: So, while Chiefs-Eagles had the most views at 114.21 million, the highest-rated Super Bowl remains the 49ers-Bengals, when the ratings set a Super Bowl record of 49.1, indicating 49.1 percent of This season with the Chiefs seeking a Super Bowl three-peat, NFL ratings have dropped from last season. the audience for the NFL 2024 regular season averaged 17.5 million viewers across 118 TV 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. In 2024, Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers achieved a TV rating of 42.1, up from the all-time low of 36.9 two years prior. On the high end, Fox drew 27 million viewers for the Chiefs’ 28–18 victory Sunday afternoon over the 49ers, who failed to get revenge for their Super Bowl LVIII loss in February. That is the fourth-most-watched game of the season, extending Kansas City’s run of TV ratings dominance. The unbeaten Chiefs now have five of the six highest TV Television ratings and viewership for the 2020 NFL season. Numbers obtained from various sources, including network PR, ShowBuzz Daily and Programming Insider. For the current year (2022), see the main page. 2020 NFL TV ratings. Super Bowl
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