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[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 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 Super Bowl has made leaps of 20 percent or more in total viewers three times in its history. In 1972, Super Bowl VI jumped by 23 percent over the year before, growing from just above 46 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 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 The Chiefs aim to three-peat as champions and make history. The Super Bowl is the most-watched event on TV. The top 10 most-watched telecasts are all Super Bowls. Out of the top 20 most-watched telecasts in history, the Super Bowl makes up 19 of the 20—only one episode of MASH as the only non-Super Bowl making the list. 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 Ratings History . If the above paragraphs piqued your curiosity, here's the full history of Super Bowl viewership, from Super Bowl 1 back in 1967 to Super Bowl LVI, or the Super Bowl 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. Super Bowl television ratings have traditionally been high. One of the most watched annual sporting events in the world, the NFL's championship game is broadcas 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 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. 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 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 Here's a look at the top-11 rated shows in TV history (via Nielsen) 1. Super Bowl 49: 114.4M (NBC) 2. Super Bowl 48: 112.2M (Fox) 3. Super Bowl 50: 111.9M (CBS) 4. Super Bowl TV ratings revealed Super Bowl TV ratings: 5 most-watched Super Bowls of all time. Super Bowl LVII ranks second to the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, as the most-watched broadcast in U.S. history. 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. 5 Highest Super Bowl Ratings Through History. Thanks to SportsMediaWatch, we have access to all the TV ratings since the famous Super Bowl 1.And even though there have been some unbelievable games played throughout the more than 50 years of the event, the following five were the most-watched. Last year’s record audience of 123.4 million viewers watched the Chiefs top San Francisco 49ers in a narrow 25-22 victory in only the second Super Bowl overtime game in history. Sports outlets, celebrity gossip sites and social media got swept up in their frenzy, resulting in Super Bowl LVIII being among the most-watched telecasts in TV history (the game entering into overtime with the Chiefs emerging victorious over the San Francisco 49ers certainly helped matters.) But interest in them has peaked.
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