Claims
| telecast telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one. Methodology → | metric metric average audience, peak audience, or total reach, as defined under Metric definitions. Methodology → | cut | value value viewers, as published. Stored as a whole number; we do not round. Methodology → | status status final, preliminary, revised, or partial confidence, as defined under Statuses and revisions. Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed. Methodology → | attr attr provider attribution. Confirmed: reconciled to the provider's own release. Press-attributed: a reporting article names the provider, corroborated by a second source before publishing. Ambiguous attributions are never published. Methodology → | source source the page the figure was taken from. Every figure links to its source. A press-attributed figure carries that mark beside its source; an unmarked source is confirmed against the provider's own release (see Attr). Methodology → |
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| Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time | average audience | full telecast | 22,900,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time | average audience | full telecast | 22,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time | average audience | full telecast | 26,300,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Sochi 2014 Olympics — Prime time | average audience | full telecast | 25,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Super Bowl XLVIII | average audience | full telecast | 112,752,000 | final | confirmed | Nielsen |
| Super Bowl XLVIII | household rating | full telecast | 46.7 HH | final | confirmed | Nielsen |
| NHL Rangers–Islanders | average audience | full telecast TV only | 682,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2014 Australian Open Tennis, Men's Singles Final - The Stanislas Wawrinka vs Rafael Nadal | average audience | match only | 670,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| 2014 Australian Open Tennis, Women's Singles Final - Li Na vs Dominika Cibulková | average audience | match only | 390,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NFC Championship Game | average audience | full telecast | 55,911,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| AFC Championship Game | average audience | full telecast | 51,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Bruins–Blackhawks | average audience | full telecast | 1,600,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Arkansas State Red Wolves at Ball State Cardinals | average audience | full telecast | 1,710,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Vanderbilt Commodores at Houston Cougars | average audience | full telecast | 2,570,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Clemson Tigers at Ohio State Buckeyes | average audience | full telecast | 11,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma State Cowboys at Missouri Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 6,540,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Oklahoma Sooners at Alabama Crimson Tide | average audience | full telecast | 16,340,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Stanford Cardinal at Michigan State Spartans | average audience | full telecast | 18,640,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| UCF Knights at Baylor Bears | average audience | full telecast | 11,300,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wisconsin Badgers at South Carolina Gamecocks | average audience | full telecast | 9,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Iowa Hawkeyes at LSU Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 5,440,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers at Georgia Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 4,520,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| UNLV Rebels at North Texas Mean Green | average audience | full telecast | 332,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NHL Winter Classic | average audience | full telecast | 4,400,000 | final | press-attributed | Wikipedia |
Eras
| era era a span during which one measurement methodology was in effect, as described under Measurement eras. Methodology → | from | to | notes | source source the page the figure was taken from. Every figure links to its source. A press-attributed figure carries that mark beside its source; an unmarked source is confirmed against the provider's own release (see Attr). Methodology → |
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| Panel-only | 2026-05-01 | current | NASCAR announced May 2026 it would stop reporting BD+P and return to panel-only for the rest of 2026 (phase0b-table.md). | source |
| Big Data + Panel | 2025-09-01 | current | Rolled out September 2025. Super Bowl LX (Feb. 8, 2026) was the first Super Bowl reported on this methodology; all prior Super Bowls used Panel-only measurement. | source |
| Panel + Out-of-Home | 2020-09-01 | 2025-09-01 | Nielsen began including Out-of-Home viewing in National TV measurement in September 2020. Super Bowl LV (Feb. 7, 2021) was the first Super Bowl to include OOH. | source |
| Before Out-of-Home | 1950-01-01 | 2020-09-01 | National TV measurement from Nielsen's panel alone. Out-of-Home viewing is not included; the last Super Bowl measured this way was LIV (Feb. 2, 2020). | source |