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Here Are the Top 10 Most-Watched Super Bowl Halftime Shows. From Usher, Rihanna and Beyoncé to Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake, here are the Super Bowl halftime shows with the most viewership. The Super Bowl's first halftime show to feature an exclusive hip-hop line-up more than delivered, with rap legends such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar (and Shakira and Jennifer Lopez perform onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium on Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami. Kevin Winter/Getty Images There is no gig in music like the The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show starring Michael Jackson is the most watched Super Bowl halftime show, with a TV audience of more than 133.4 million viewers. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] The Super Bowl LVI halftime show starring Dr. Dre , Snoop Dog , Eminem , Mary J. Blige , Kendrick Lamar and 50 cent is the most viewed Super Bowl halftime show on YouTube The most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show is Michael Jackson’s iconic 1993 set at Super Bowl XXVII, drawing a reported 133.4 million American viewers. Before Jackson, the Halftime Show was largely uneventful and featured less appealing acts. Jackson's performance was considered to be revolutionary, with it being the first time that the Super Bowl's ratings jumped during halftime and into the second half. 3. Dr. In 1993, Michael Jackson created the Super Bowl halftime show as we know it today. Vulture ranks every performance up to the 2024 Usher show, from worst to best. So, here goes: a full ranking of every Super Bowl halftime show from 1991 to the present. Here’s the rubric I used. The most a show could score is 50 points. Music (1-10) Viewing numbers haven't been released yet, but these are the top 5 halftime shows in terms of viewers, according to DigitalTrends.com. 1. Rihanna, Super Bowl LVII – 121.017 million 2. Katy Perry The Super Bowl halftime show did not feature megastars until the early 1990s. which began 10 minutes into the show. On the bright side, the loss of ratings to FOX's "In Living Color" during Members of the University of Arizona marching band perform during halftime at Super Bowl 1 in 1967. (Photo by Robert Riger/Getty Images) The halftime show at many of the early Super Bowls was Members of the University of Arizona marching band perform during halftime at Super Bowl 1 in 1967. (Photo by Robert Riger/Getty Images) The halftime show at many of the early Super Bowls was [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 Members of the University of Arizona marching band perform during halftime at Super Bowl 1 in 1967. (Photo by Robert Riger/Getty Images) The halftime show at many of the early Super Bowls was Since the Super Bowl’s inception in 1960, the championship football game has always included a halftime show, but it took the NFL several decades to find the winning formula for it to become the 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 Role of the Halftime Show in Super Bowl Ratings. The Super Bowl halftime show wasn’t always the spectacle that fans view it to be today. The NFL had brought in collegiate marching bands for The Super Bowl 58 halftime show will be broadcast on CBS following the end of the second quarter of the 49ers vs. Chiefs' clash. Cord-cutters can find the action on Paramount+ or fubo, Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performer Kendrick Lamar speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in New Orleans ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Did you enjoy this year's Super Bowl LVI halftime show? "NBC says the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show averaged 103.4 million viewers from 8:15-8:30 p.m. ET, up over last year (96.7 million from 8:30
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