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While the trend for average Super Bowl ratings decreased in the second half of the decade, Super Bowl LI on Fox in 2017, the first Super Bowl ever decided in overtime, currently holds the record for the largest total viewership in Super Bowl (and U.S. television) history at 172 million people. Super Bowl ratings dating back to the very first game in 1967. 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. 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 The 2025 viewership numbers most closely align with those of 2023, with Conference Championships drawing about 1.3% more viewers, Divisional Round viewership up 0.8%, and Wild Card \viewership Super Bowl 58 was immensely popular, and viewership for the NFL's championship game massively outweighed the audience for the championship series in the NBA, NHL and MLB. To put it bluntly, 2020: FOX Sports said Super Bowl LIV delivered a streaming average minute audience (AMA) of 3.4 million, up 30% over 2019 (2.6 million) and up 103% over Fox’s last Super Bowl stream in 2017 (1.7 million). Fox’s streaming viewership was measured across FOXSports.com, the FOX Sports app, FOXDeportes.com, the FOX Deportes app, the FOX NOW app About 75% of people aged 18-34 watch the Super Bowl and just over half (54%) of viewers are men. But the NFL isn’t just a young person’s game. More than 60% of adults aged 65+ tuned in to the During the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, a record 1.5 billion tuned in to see Lionel Messi’s Argentina knock off defending world champion France. By comparison, the most-watched Super Bowl was There were 114.2 million people tuning in for the Super Bowl when the Chiefs beat the Eagles last year, according to Sports Media Watch, which set a viewership record. Across all platforms, Intrigue around the attendance of Taylor Swift, the second-ever end-of-season overtime and Usher’s halftime show drove viewership of the Kansas City Chiefs’ second consecutive Super Bowl The 2022 Super Bowl pales in comparison, having had an average TV viewership of 99.2 million on NBC plus an estimated 30 to 50 million viewers around the world. Felix Richter Is The Super Bowl Losing Popularity? The Super Bowl is undoubtedly the most watched broadcast in the US year after year. According to the NFL, the highest Super Bowl viewership in NFL history was Super Bowl LVII in 2023, with 115 million views. The last time the NFL saw numbers like that was Super Bowl XLIX in 2015 with 114 million viewers. For Super Bowl LII in 2018, 103.4 million people worldwide saw the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the New England Patriots, 41-33 and the season prior, 111.3 viewers tuned in to Super Bowl LI. Compare those totals to the McGregor versus Mayweather fight, the biggest pay-per-view event of all time and in UFC history. The average viewership number for this Super Bowl was 114,810,000. The air date for Super Bowl XLIX was on February 1, 2015. 2. Super Bowl LVII: Kansas City Chiefs vs Philadelphia Eagles. Super Bowl LVII was aired on FOX. While the Chiefs and Eagles will square off in this year’s Super Bowl, they also faced each other two years ago in the Over the next two decades, a handful of factors dictated the start and end of the NFL season. In 1990, a bye week was added, pushing the Super Bowl to Jan. 27 and then Jan. 31 two years later. TV ratings of the Super Bowl in the United States from 1990 to 2024. Other sports 8 Premium Statistic Masters Tournament: TV ratings in the U.S. 1995-2024 As per Statista, the viewership of the Super Bowl LIV last year across the world was around 150 million. Even this year, the Super Bowl's viewership outside the United States is estimated to be in the region of 30-50 million, adding to the 96.4 million it recorded locally. How does the Super Bowl viewership compare to FIFA World Cup final? This beats all other esports and sports events, including even the Super Bowl, where each winning player sees a little over $118,000. Tencent-backed Epic Games’ recent hit title Fortnite’s World Cup had a final event prize pool of $30 million . The prior main event — Amanda Serrano vs. Katie Taylor 2 was billed as a “co-main event” — averaged an estimated 74 million live global viewers; 47 million were in the U.S., which is a new The Super Bowl is the most popular sporting event in the world, and despite the Chiefs and Eagles meeting just two years ago in the Super Bowl, the matchup is still bringing in fans.
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