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 [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 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 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 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: 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 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 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 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 Nielsen didn’t include out of home ratings in its totals until 2021, but a custom report for the 2017 Super Bowl put the game at 124.6 million viewers including those watching away from home. According to a FOX Sports press release, Super Bowl XLVIII averaged 111.5 million viewers, surpassing the 111.3 million viewers record set by the Giants and Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. The Philadelphia Eagles’ first Super Bowl win featured lots of offense, and the overnight TV ratings show it was a hit with viewers, too.. The Eagles’ 41-33 win over the New England Patriots The NFL’s TV-ratings rebound did not extend to Sunday’s Super Bowl. According to numerous outlets, the game between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams drew a 44.9 overnight rating The overnight Super Bowl LI television ratings from Nielsen’s metered markets are in, and you’ll be shocked to learn that a lot of people watched the game on Fox. Still, the numbers were down It’s not just the Super Bowl. People are nuts for football. In 2022, 82 of the 100 highest-rated shows on TV were football games. In addition to the boffo ratings, Twitter reactions to Fox’s An uninteresting Super Bowl hit a ten-year low in the overnight ratings. Sunday’s Patriots-Rams Super Bowl 53 earned a 44.9 overnight rating on CBS, down 5% from Eagles-Patriots on NBC last year (47.4) and down 8% from Patriots-Falcons on FOX in 2017 (48.8). The 44.9 is the lowest Super Bowl overnight in a decade (2009 Steelers-Cardinals: 42.1). 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 Tuesday 12th Feb 2024: VOZ Total TV Ratings Overnight Top 30 – Programs ranked on reach Total People. Seven’s Super Bowl has topped Monday, with the Kansas City Chiefs winning the game in extra time and Usher taking to the stage for the half time show. The match recorded ratings of a total TV national reach of 2,547,000, a total TV national The Patriots’ 28-24 Super Bowl win over the Seahawks drew record overnight ratings. Ratings Analysis: On the day before the big game, CBS aired a Super Bowl Soulful Celebration (0.17) that was passable by Saturday standards.In the 10 p.m. hour, 48 Hours (0.22, +0.06) surged in a pretty significant way.
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