Finance:Super Bowl television ratings

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This article is a historical list of television ratings for Super Bowl games. The Super Bowl, which is the National Football League (NFL)'s annual championship game, is frequently the most-watched television program in any given year in the United States .

Viewership by year

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Television ratings by year

Date Super Bowl Network Average U.S. viewers
[note 1]
Total U.S. viewers
[note 2][note 3]
Household
rating
18-49
rating
$/30 Sec. Ad
[note 4]
Ref(s)
Rating
[note 5]
Share
[note 6]
Rating
[note 7]
Share
[note 8]
January 15, 1967 I CBS 26,750,000 51,180,000 22.6 43 N/A N/A $42,500 [1]
NBC 24,430,000 18.5 36 N/A N/A $37,500
January 14, 1968 II CBS 39,120,000 36.8 68 N/A N/A $54,500 [1]
January 12, 1969 III NBC 41,660,000 36 70 N/A N/A $55,000 [1]
January 11, 1970 IV CBS 44,270,000 39.4 69 N/A N/A $78,200 [1]
January 17, 1971 V NBC 46,040,000 39.9 75 N/A N/A $72,500 [1]
January 16, 1972 VI CBS 56,640,000 44.2 74 N/A N/A $86,100 [1]
January 14, 1973 VII NBC 53,320,000 42.7 72 N/A N/A $88,100 [1]
January 13, 1974 VIII CBS 51,700,000 41.6 73 N/A N/A $103,500 [1]
January 12, 1975 IX NBC 56,050,000 42.4 72 N/A N/A $107,000 [1]
January 18, 1976 X CBS 57,710,000 42.3 78 N/A N/A $110,000 [1]
January 9, 1977 XI NBC 62,050,000 44.4 73 N/A N/A $125,000 [1]
January 15, 1978 XII CBS 78,940,000 47.2 67 N/A N/A $162,300 [1]
January 21, 1979 XIII NBC 74,740,000 47.1 74 N/A N/A $185,000 [1]
January 20, 1980 XIV CBS 76,240,000 46.3 67 N/A N/A $222,000 [1]
January 25, 1981 XV NBC 68,290,000 44.4 63 N/A N/A $275,000 [1]
January 24, 1982 XVI CBS 85,240,000 49.1 73 N/A N/A $324,300 [1]
January 30, 1983 XVII NBC 81,770,000 48.6 69 N/A N/A $400,000 [1]
January 22, 1984 XVIII CBS 77,620,000 46.4 71 N/A N/A $368,200 [1]
January 20, 1985 XIX ABC 85,530,000 46.4 63 N/A N/A $525,000 [1]
January 26, 1986 XX NBC 92,570,000 48.3 70 N/A N/A $550,000 [1]
January 25, 1987 XXI CBS 87,190,000 45.8 66 N/A N/A $600,000 [1]
January 31, 1988 XXII ABC 80,140,000 41.9 62 N/A N/A $645,000 [1]
January 22, 1989 XXIII NBC 81,590,000 43.5 68 N/A N/A $675,000 [1]
January 28, 1990 XXIV CBS 73,852,000 39 67 N/A N/A $700,400 [1]
January 27, 1991 XXV ABC 79,510,000 41.9 63 N/A N/A $800,000 [1]
January 26, 1992 XXVI CBS 79,590,000 40.3 61 N/A N/A $850,000 [1]
January 31, 1993 XXVII NBC 90,990,000 45.1 66 N/A N/A [1]
January 30, 1994 XXVIII 90,000,000 45.5 66 N/A N/A $900,000 [1]
January 29, 1995 XXIX ABC 83,420,000 41.3 62 N/A N/A $1,150,000 [1]
January 28, 1996 XXX NBC 94,080,000 46 68 41.2 N/A $1,085,000 [1][2]
January 26, 1997 XXXI Fox 87,870,000 43.3 65 N/A N/A $1,200,000 [1]
January 25, 1998 XXXII NBC 90,000,000 44.5 67 N/A N/A $1,291,100 [1]
January 31, 1999 XXXIII Fox 83,720,000 40.2 61 36.4 N/A $1,600,000 [1][2]
January 30, 2000 XXXIV ABC 88,465,000 43.3 63 37.9 N/A $2,100,000 [1][2]
January 28, 2001 XXXV CBS 84,335,000 40.4 61 N/A N/A $2,200,000 [1]
February 3, 2002 XXXVI Fox 86,801,000 40.4 61 N/A N/A [1]
January 26, 2003 XXXVII ABC 88,637,000 138,500,000 40.7 61 N/A N/A [1][3]
February 1, 2004 XXXVIII CBS 89,795,000 144,400,000 41.4 63 N/A N/A $2,302,200 [1][4]
February 6, 2005 XXXIX Fox 86,072,000 41.1 62 N/A N/A $2,400,000 [1]
February 5, 2006 XL ABC 90,745,000 141,400,000 41.6 62 N/A N/A $2,500,000 [1][5]
February 4, 2007 XLI CBS 93,184,000 139,800,000 42.6 64 35.2 N/A $2,385,365 [1][2][6]
February 3, 2008 XLII Fox 97,448,000 148,300,000 43.1 65 37.5 N/A $2,699,963 [1][7][2]
February 1, 2009 XLIII NBC 98,732,000 151,600,000 42 64 36.7 N/A $3,000,000 [1][7][2]
February 7, 2010 XLIV CBS 106,476,000 153,400,000 45 68 38.6 N/A $2,800,000 [1][4][2]
February 6, 2011 XLV Fox 111,041,000 162,900,000 46 69 39.9 N/A $3,100,000 [1][4][8][2]
February 5, 2012 XLVI NBC 111,346,000 163,500,000 47 71 40.5 N/A $3,500,000 [1][8][2]
February 3, 2013 XLVII CBS 108,693,000 164,100,000 46.3 69 39.7 77 $4,000,000 [1][9][10]
February 2, 2014 XLVIII Fox 112,191,000 167,000,000 46.7 69 39.3 77 [11][12]
February 1, 2015 XLIX NBC 114,442,000 168,000,000 47.5 71 39.1 79 $4,500,000 [13][14][15]
February 7, 2016 50 CBS 111,864,000 167,000,000 46.6 72 37.7 79 $5,000,000 [9][16][17][18]
February 5, 2017 LI Fox 111,319,000 172,000,000 45.3 73 37.1 79 [19][20]
February 4, 2018 LII NBC 103,390,000 N/A 43.1 68 33.4 78 [21][22][23]

See also

  • World Series television ratings
  • NBA Finals television ratings
  • Stanley Cup Finals television ratings

Notes

  1. The average amount of U.S. viewers who were watching the game during the entire broadcast.
  2. The amount of U.S. viewers who watched at least some part of the game during the broadcast.
  3. From 1967-2002 and 2005 this number is unknown, so it is represented by the average viewers.
  4. The average amount of United States dollar it cost an advertiser to purchase a 30-second advertisement slot during the game's broadcast.
  5. The average percentage of U.S. households with a television set that were watching the game during the entire broadcast. As of the 2017–18 television season, a 1.0 rating is equivalent 1.196 million U.S. households.
  6. The average percentage of U.S. households with a television set in use that were watching the game during the entire broadcast.
  7. The average percentage of U.S. adults 18-49 who live in a household with a television set that were watching the game during the entire broadcast. As of the 2012–13 television season, a 1.0 rating is equivalent to 1.265 million U.S. adults 18-49.
  8. The average percentage of U.S. adults 18-49 who live in a household with a television set in use that were watching the game during the entire broadcast.

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