However, the final Nielsen numbers later revealed the game was watched by 51.3 million total viewers and received a 36.8 rating and a 68 share—less than Super Bowl I. [59] In New York City, the game received a 36.3 rating and a 61 share. 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 NEW YORK – February 13, 2024 – An estimated 123.7 million viewers tuned in for Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11, according to average audience estimates from Nielsen. The broadcast averaged 120.3 million viewers on CBS alone, making it the largest audience for a single-network telecast to date. It was the second straight year the Super Bowl averaged more than 100 million viewers after a period where four of the five games before 2023 had fallen short of that number because of cord-cutting. 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. That game remains the most-watched Super Bowl in history, but Super Bowl LVIII came close with 123.7 million viewers. Ratings History of the Super Bowl Jan. 15, 1967. 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. While that number is high, it wasn't the highest in Super Bowl history. 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 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 The Super Bowl on Sunday drew a staggering 123.4 million viewers who watched the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in a nail-biting overtime triumph, CBS Sports said in a 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 The people love to talk viewership and the Super Bowl, as the most-watched television event in the country year-in and year-out, always puts up some stupidly large numbers. Last year's Super Bowl 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. Super Bowl XLVIII was aired on FOX. Seattle destroyed Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos That game remains the most-watched Super Bowl in history, but Super Bowl LVIII came close with 123.7 million viewers. Ratings History of the Super Bowl Jan. 15, 1967. Big Number. 3. That's by how many points the Kansas City Chiefs (25) beat the San Francisco 49ers (22) in overtime play Sunday. NBC News 2024 Super Bowl will be the ultimate ratings touchdown The Super Bowl 55 ratings are in, and they're not so super. , this marks the lowest number of TV viewers for a Super Bowl since 2007, when the Colts and Bears drew 93.2 million viewers on Note: we used actual viewership total numbers to put this list together. The TV rating numbers are harder to quantify. 5) Super Bowl LI (51): Average Viewers 111.32 Million. Super Bowl 51 has the distinct honor of being the fifth most-watched Super Bowl. The last two Super Bowl's have set audience records, averaging 123.7 million viewers last year. This season NFL regular season and postseaon ratings have dropped 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 Super Bowl viewership increased in every single demographic, but no more than in the young and female demos that attracted so much attention this season. The biggest year-over-year gain in Super Bowl viewership this year was among women 18-24, 3.87 million of whom tuned in across CBS and Univision — up 24% from last year (3.18M). 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.
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