NFL scores second-best regular-season viewership average ever
NFL games were up 10% year-over-year.
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The Chiefs are still dominating NFL ratings this season
The Kansas City Chiefs may have struggled on the field this year, but they are still the NFL's biggest television draw.
Strong NFL viewership continues with Fox winning Week 3
NBC's Sunday Night Football was not far behind.
Ratings battles between networks and streamers more contentious than ever
YouTube revises Chiefs-Chargers ratings numbers, cites internal technical issue
"This is an unfortunate situation and we'll do better next time."
ESPN sees significant Monday Night Football ratings increase in Week 1
ESPN benefitted from the new era of Nielsen ratings as Monday Night Football continued the trend of higher football viewership numbers.
CBS, Fox break decade-old viewership records during NFL Week 1
Of course, the records come with the usual Nielsen caveats.
Eagles-Cowboys second-most-watched NFL Kickoff game despite weather delay
The audience peaked at an average of 34.3 million viewers before inclement weather arrived.
Nielsen Panel+Big Data measurement gets Media Rating Council accreditation, praise from NFL
"It will forever change audience measurement."
ESPN touts Chiefs-Texans as its most-watched NFL game ever
While ESPN's ratings were up, Fox saw a 10 percent dip from last year.
NFL Wild Card weekend mostly down in viewership year-over-year
The league's audiences were still massive compared to any other sport.
CBS beating Fox in NFL ratings shows power of star quarterbacks
Gone are the days when airing teams in the largest media markets would secure the biggest audiences.
NFL ratings experience slight decrease in 2024
Even with the slight drop, the NFL is still the King of TV ratings.
Local NFL viewership is down despite strength of national windows
21 of the NFL's 32 teams have seen year-over-year viewership declines in their local markets.
‘Thursday Night Football’ continues ratings boost with Rams-49ers
TNF is now averaging 13.51 million viewers in 2024, up 12% from this point last season.
NFL sees highest average viewership through Week 12 since 2015
The league continues to show it's the only game in town when it comes to mass viewership events in the United States.
Can the Lions really out-rate the Cowboys on Thanksgiving?
NFL’s Week 4 ratings a mixed bag compared to last season
NBC's Sunday Night Football was down 16.5% versus last season.
NFL Week 2 ratings: CBS, Fox, NBC off to best starts in years
CBS is off to its best two-week start to the season since 1998-1999.
Jets-49ers ManningCast posts lowest viewership since 2021 debut
NFL Week 1 ratings: Everyone’s a winner as networks draw huge numbers
Every network had something to celebrate in Week 1 of the NFL season thanks to soaring ratings on almost every platform that televised games.
Tom Brady Fox debut scores big Week 1 increase with huge caveat
Tom Brady's debut in the broadcast booth scored big ratings for the NFL on Fox, but maybe not as much as would have been hoped for.
Nielsen’s first-party data usage should alleviate NFL ratings dip
Expect to see ratings for all streaming NFL partners to magically go up.
2024 election race likely to wreak havoc on sports programming, NFL ratings
"Most of my sources expect NFL viewership to decline this year for the first time in a while..."
Super Bowl LVIII sees record-setting women’s viewership, ratings
Super Bowl 58 set astronomical ratings for broadcast television, and the event saw record-setting women's viewership.