In 1977, Super Bowl XI was watched by 81.9 million total viewers, beating the Game 7 viewership of the 1975 World Series and becoming the most-watched sports broadcast in American history. [69] 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 World Cup vs Super Bowl Viewership. The 2021 Super Bowl between Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Patrick Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs was the least-watched Super Bowl since 2008. Its 96.4 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 Prior to 2020, the only World Series game with less than 10 million viewers had been Game 3 in 2008, [11] which was impacted by a rain delay and had 9.836 million viewers. [12] The most recent World Series game to record a rating of 30 or higher was Game 7 in 1991, as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Atlanta Braves; the game had a viewership of The Super Bowl isn’t going to become the most-watched sporting event on Earth, and the FIFA World Cup — nor anything else — is likely going to oust the NFL title game from its domestic throne. UEFA Champions League Final – 450 Million Viewers; Super Bowl – 115.1 Million Viewers; Wimbledon – 25.6 Million Viewers; NBA Finals – 17.8 Million Viewers; World Cup of Rugby- 17 Million Viewers; Kentucky Derby – 16.6 Million Viewers; The Masters – 15 Million Viewers; World Series – 14.73 Million Viewers; NCAA Final Four – 14.7 World Series viewership increased in 2024 Super Bowl viewers in the U.S. 2017-2023, by platform. Number of Super Bowl viewers in the United States from 2017 to 2023, by type (in millions) 2014: FOX said Super Bowl XLVIII had a streaming average minute audience of 528,000 viewers and peak concurrent viewership of 1.1 million, with users spending an average of 47.8 minutes watching the stream. 2013: CBS Sports said Super Bowl XLVII had a streaming average minute audience of 508,000 with an average viewing time of 38 minutes. The The NBA Finals air every year on ABC; Fox has the World Series rights on a long-term basis. The Super Bowl rotates between CBS, NBC and Fox. Due to a trade with NBC, CBS had the Super Bowl in both Quite honestly, I don’t think so. The Super Bowl already enjoys such massive rating advantages, so it may be too late to reverse the trend. Realistically, it takes a seven-game World Series to match the viewing totals of the Super Bowl. I guess a one-game series could improve ratings, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon. By means of a thorough examination of these five main pinnacle events—the Super Bowl, UEFA Champions League Final, FIFA World Cup Final, NBA Finals, and World Series—we have amply demonstrated how these events are not only the height of sports competition but also intricate products of the interaction of culture, economy, politics, and Is the League of Legends World Championship bigger than the Super Bowl? League of Legends might be the most popular esport event, but it has a long way to go before catching up to the Super Bowl. The 2023 Super Bowl had 115 million viewers in the US, and it was broadcast in over 180 countries. In fact, more viewers in Japan tuned in to the first two games of the 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees than in all of the United States. Games 1 and 2 of the World Series averaged 15.9 million viewers in Japan and 14.5 million in the U.S. The games of the 2024 World Series, in which the Los Angeles Dodgers achieved a five-game series win over the New York Yankees, were watched by an average of 14.34 million viewers. Unfortunately, Sports Media Watch hasn’t released data on 2019’s Super Bowl, but when it does, we will update this story comparing 2018’s Worlds to 2019’s Super Bowl. Dot Esports is NEW YORK -- A global TV audience of 62.5 million viewers watched the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. Shohei Ohtani vs Aaron Judge might skyrocket viewership! The last time the men in blue and the pinstriped faced off in the World Series was in 1981! LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Series is averaging 14.55 million viewers through two games, the best start for the Fall Classic since 2017. Saturday's 4-2 victory by the Los Angeles Dodgers over World Cup. A worldwide sporting event that is played only every 4 years; Brings together different cultures from all over the world; For many fans, has a deeper significance that transcends mere sport; Isn't as big a TV advertising event as the Super Bowl; Super Bowl. A championship finals series; Comprised only of American football teams from
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