Fox Sports activities is projecting a Tremendous Bowl file common viewers of 126 million US viewers throughout tv and streaming platforms watched the Philadelphia Eagles’ 40-22 victory over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday evening.
The sport was televised by Fox, Fox Deportes and Telemundo and streamed on Tubi in addition to the NFL’s digital platforms.
Fox’s projections on Monday included Nielsen’s early numbers and streaming knowledge from Tubi and the NFL. Up to date and extra full numbers have been anticipated on Tuesday.
It could be the second straight 12 months the Tremendous Bowl has reached a file viewers. The Chiefs’ time beyond regulation victory over San Francisco final 12 months averaged 123.7 million on CBS, Nickelodeon, Univision and streaming platforms.
Based on Fox, Sunday’s viewers peaked at 135.7 million within the second quarter. The early knowledge initiatives 14.5 million watched on streaming platforms, together with 13.6 million on Tubi, the place the sport was out there without cost.
A number of the improve will be attributed to a change in the best way viewers are counted. That is the primary 12 months Nielsen is measuring out-of-home viewers for all states besides Hawaii and Alaska. It was beforehand the highest 44 media markets, which coated 65% of the nation. The rankings additionally embrace Nielsen knowledge from sensible TVs together with cable and satellite tv for pc set-top bins.
After two straight years of shut Tremendous Bowls, Sunday’s recreation was all however determined within the first half as Philadelphia constructed a 24-0 lead.
Donald Trump and Taylor Swift have been additionally in attendance. Trump was the primary sitting president to attend a Tremendous Bowl, whereas Swift’s relationship with Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce retains the pop celebrity’s followers within the NFL.
It was the third straight 12 months the Tremendous Bowl averaged greater than 100 million viewers after a interval when 4 of the 5 video games earlier than 2023 had fallen in need of that quantity due to cord-cutting. That included 95.2 million for the 2021 Tremendous Bowl between Tampa Bay and Kansas Metropolis, which was the sport’s lowest TV-only common since 2007.
The NFL playoffs averaged 35.2 million viewers the primary three weekends, down 9% from final 12 months’s file of 38.5 million. That adopted an everyday season that averaged 17.5 million. Although that was the sixth-highest common courting again to 1995, however a 2% decline from 2023.
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