I used average viewership data from Wild Card Round, Divisional Round, Conference Championship, and Super Bowl games played between 2021 and 2025 (representing the 2020-2024 regular seasons) to The most-watched Super Bowl of all time came in 2024. Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles had more than 123.7 million total average viewers. Streaming numbers from Paramount+ were added to the viewership numbers, which helped push the game past 123 million. This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. 2015 National Football League championship game "2015 Super Bowl" redirects here. For the Super Bowl that was played at the completion of the 2015 season, see Super Bowl 50. Super Bowl XLIX New England Patriots (1) (AFC) (12–4) Seattle Seahawks (1) (NFC) (12–4) 28 24 Head coach: Bill 2015: NBC Sports said Super Bowl XLIX reported a streaming average minute audience of 800,000, with viewers peaking at 1.3 million and engagement of 84.2 minutes per viewer. NBC Sports Digital didn’t have NFL mobile streaming rights, so the live stream numbers are via NBC Sports Live Extra to desktops and tablets only. Viewership peaked in 2015; Super Bowl XLIX was watched by over 114.4 million people. [ 12 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Super Bowl XLIX (2015) brought in 114.4 million viewers, when the New England Patriots won against the Seattle Seahawks in a score of 28 to 24. 2. Super Bowl XLVIII (2014) brought in 111.5 viewers. The iconic Super Bowl XLIX drew an average of 114.44 million viewers (via AP) NBC broadcasted the thrilling event, captivating an average of 114.44 million viewers. In fact, the number is said to have reached about 118 million during Katty Perry’s halftime performance that rocked the Stadium. 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 Fox has high standards to live up to as it broadcasts Super Bowl LIX this year. On top of the Super Bowl debut of Tom Brady (as a broadcaster, of course), the prior two games set viewership records. Last year’s game between the Chiefs and 49ers set an all-time high of 123.7 million viewers on CBS, according to Nielsen, up 7% over the previous 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 Some viewers never returned to the game broadcast, which lost 10 ratings points, 2015, Super Bowl XLIX -- Katy Perry featuring Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott; 2014, Sunday's Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks set a record for the most-watched show in television history with 114.4 million viewers. According to ratings released by Nielsen, 114.4 million Americans tuned in to watch the Patriots beat the Seahawks. It surpassed the 2014 Super Bowl by 2 million viewers. Katy Perry, Super Bowl XLIX – 121 million. Katy Perry - Super Bowl Halftime Show, 2015 Hundreds of millions of people watch the Super Bowl each year, so viewers will notice when there's a Some viewers never returned to the game broadcast, which lost 10 ratings points, 2015, Super Bowl XLIX -- Katy Perry featuring Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott; 2014, A stunning finish to Super Bowl XLIX helped the NBC telecast attract a record-setting audience of 114.4 million viewers, topping last year's record by 2.2 million. Super Bowl XLIX garnered 114.4 million viewers, making it the most watched television program in U.S. history, NBC announced Monday.. The new mark surpassed the record set by last year's Super An average of 114.4 million viewers tuned in to NBC’s broadcast of the big game on Sunday, breaking the record set by last year’s Super Bowl, which had attracted an average audience of 111.5 Super Bowl XLIX was a good night for Katy Perry and her halftime show too. The “Roar” singer’s 8 – 8:30 PM ET performance with Missy Elliot and Lenny Kravitz snagged 118.5 million viewers. Some viewers never returned to the game broadcast, which lost 10 ratings points, 2015, Super Bowl XLIX -- Katy Perry featuring Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott; 2014,
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