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 Super Bowl LIV on Fox in 2020 opened up this decade amidst the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic at the time and saw significant ratings improvement from the 2 previous Super Bowl editions, but suffered lower ratings the year after, [75] with an average of 91.63 million alone on CBS - the lowest since 2006. In 2022, with the resumption of full 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 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 The NFL said that last year's Super Bowl drew in 62.5 million global viewers, which was a 10 percent increase from the year prior. Mexico and Canada combined for over 42 million viewers, but Just 10 years later, Super Bowl XI brought in 62.05 million viewers. Most of those first 11 Super Bowls had a share around 70, meaning that 70% of all televisions that were in use were watching Last year's Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles drew 115 million viewers, Super Bowl Ratings History . Super Bowl . Year . Average Viewership . I. 1967. 26.7 The Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, which was broadcast last Feb. 12 on Fox, had a total viewership of 115.1 million, making it the most 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: That ratings figure was up 7% from last year’s Big Game, which previously held the title for the most-watched Super Bowl of all-time. 120 million viewers watched the sporting event on CBS, the 2025 NFL Playoff Viewership Decline. This year’s NFL playoffs have struggled to match last season’s record-breaking viewership. The Wild Card Round saw a 6% decline, the Divisional Round According to an article from CNBC, the Super Bowl ratings for viewers aged 18 to 49 have decreased every year for the past 10 years - from 52.2 million in 2011 to 34.3 million in 2021. While the decline in viewership could be partially attributed to the rise of streaming, as 5.7 million people streamed the Super Bowl in 2021, the streaming Last year's "Kelce Bowl" matchup between the Eagles and Chiefs was previously the most-watched Super Bowl ever, followed by the New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks game in 2015 (114.4 96.4 million people watched Super Bowl LV on Sunday. It was the lowest viewership of any Super Bowl in the last 10 years. Super Bowl LV was the first NFL game to post 1 billion streaming minutes. Really getting bored with the Same 3-4 teams dominating college every year and the super bowl basically being Pats + someone else every year. You took the words out of my mouth. One of the big reasons I've always preferred the NFL over college is because there's so little parity in college football; it's basically the same few teams dominating The Super Bowl commercials are always fun to watch but really the Halftime Show is what everyone is always looking forward to even if you don't care for the football game. We created a list of the last 10 Halftime Shows that you probably forgot about. View a comprehensive list of every single NFL Super Bowl champion from 1967 to present on ESPN. Includes the finals opponent, site of the game and the final result. The Super Bowl LI halftime show starring Lady Gaga is the most nominated Super Bowl halftime show in Emmy Awards history, winning one (Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special) out of its record six nominations. [73] [74] Nielsen also said a record 202.4 million watched at least part of the game across all networks, a 10% jump over last year's figure of 183.6 million. "More than 200 million viewers (202.4) watched all or part of Super Bowl LVIII across networks, the highest unduplicated total audience in history and up +10% vs. last year’s Super Bowl," the
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