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 Feb. 11 Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers brought in an average of 123.4 million viewers — the highest number of people watching the same broadcast 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. 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 Seahawks 24: NBC: 114.44 million: 2023: Chiefs 38 [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 In a ratings update, Nielsen reported on Tuesday morning that the Chiefs’ 25-22 championship win — in only the second Super Bowl ever to go into overtime — averaged 123.7 million viewers, up The 2024 game is not only the most-watched Super Bowl ever, it is now the second most-watched TV program in history.In first place is the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, though that aired across The Super Bowl is, by many multiples, the most-watched TV show of the year, every year. After Nielsen’s final final tally was in, the 2023 Super Bowl averaged a whopping 115.096 million viewers Past Super Bowl TV ratings. The Super Bowl has reached over 100 million viewers nearly every year Call the National Council on Problem Gambling 24/7 at 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ, OH), 1-800-522-4700 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. 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 Seahawks 24: NBC: 114.44 million: 2023: Chiefs 38 The TV Ratings Guide Abbott Elementary Celebrity Jeopardy ratings chicago med ratings chicago pd ratings Hollywood Squares ratings Raid the Cage ratings Shifting Gears ratings Special Forces ratings Wednesday TV Ratings 2/5/25: Super Bowl Greatest Commercials Up from 2024, Hollywood Squares and Abbott Elementary Rise, Chicago PD Slides 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 Seahawks 24: NBC: 114.44 million: 2023: Chiefs 38 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 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 Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50. Peyton Manning won his second Super Bowl behind a tough Broncos defense. The average viewership number for this Super Bowl was 112,336,000. The air date for Super Bowl 50 was on February 7, 2016. 4. Super Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks Vs Denver Broncos 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 Seahawks 24: NBC: 114.44 million: 2023: Chiefs 38 The 2025 Super Bowl airs on Fox. or “The One After the Superbowl,” or the Family Guy pilot, but hey, ratings are ratings. January 24, 2025 by: 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. I used average viewership data from Wild Card Round, Divisional Round, Conference Championship, and Super Bowl games played between 2021 and 2025 (representing the 2020-2024 regular seasons) to
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