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 Superseded marks a figure that a later revision replaced; both stay listed.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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| San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams | average audience | full telecast | 18,500,000 | final | press-attributed | NFL.com |
| San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams | peak audience | full telecast | 21,300,000 | final | press-attributed | NFL.com |
| 2026 US Open tennis, day 12 of 15 (Thursday, September 10) | average audience | full telecast | 2,200,000 | final | press-attributed | ESPN |
| New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks | average audience | full telecast | 25,100,000 | final | confirmed | NBC Sports |
| New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks | peak audience | full telecast | 27,400,000 | final | confirmed | NBC Sports |
| SMU Mustangs at Florida State Seminoles | average audience | full telecast | 4,070,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| SMU Mustangs at Florida State Seminoles | peak audience | full telecast | 5,200,000 | final | confirmed | ESPN PR |
| St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants | average audience | full telecast | 1,890,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| SMU Mustangs at Florida State Seminoles | average audience | full telecast | 3,370,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Louisville Cardinals at Ole Miss Rebels | average audience | full telecast | 4,695,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Louisville Cardinals at Ole Miss Rebels | peak audience | full telecast | 6,200,000 | final | confirmed | ESPN PR |
| Wisconsin Badgers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish | average audience | full telecast | 7,421,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Washington State Cougars at Washington Huskies | average audience | full telecast | 5,136,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies | average audience | full telecast | 2,157,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Clemson Tigers at LSU Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 5,755,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Clemson Tigers at LSU Tigers | peak audience | full telecast | 8,700,000 | final | confirmed | ESPN PR |
| Baylor Bears at Auburn Tigers | average audience | full telecast | 4,244,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Baylor Bears at Auburn Tigers | peak audience | full telecast | 6,800,000 | final | confirmed | ESPN PR |
| East Carolina Pirates at Alabama Crimson Tide | average audience | full telecast | 3,779,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| East Carolina Pirates at Alabama Crimson Tide | peak audience | full telecast | 4,100,000 | final | confirmed | ESPN PR |
| Boise State Broncos at Oregon Ducks | average audience | full telecast | 4,831,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Western Michigan Broncos at Michigan Wolverines | average audience | full telecast | 4,135,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| North Texas Mean Green at Indiana Hoosiers | average audience | full telecast | 2,822,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Texas State Bobcats at Texas Longhorns | average audience | full telecast | 2,309,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Oregon State Beavers at Houston Cougars | average audience | full telecast | 1,686,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Ball State Cardinals at Ohio State Buckeyes | average audience | full telecast | 1,601,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Missouri State Bears at Texas A&M Aggies | average audience | full telecast | 1,570,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Boston College Eagles at Cincinnati Bearcats | average audience | full telecast | 1,100,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Ohio Bobcats at Nebraska Cornhuskers | average audience | full telecast | 1,120,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Western Michigan Broncos at Michigan Wolverines | average audience | full telecast | 1,890,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| UNLV Rebels at Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors | average audience | full telecast | 420,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Ohio Bobcats at Nebraska Cornhuskers | average audience | full telecast | 300,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Miami Hurricanes at Stanford Cardinal | average audience | full telecast | 1,978,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Fresno State Bulldogs at USC Trojans | average audience | full telecast | 1,322,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Toledo Rockets at Michigan State Spartans | average audience | full telecast | 873,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Fresno State Bulldogs at USC Trojans | average audience | full telecast | 1,050,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs | average audience | full telecast split window (“in most of the country”) TV only | 2,668,000 | final | press-attributed | FOX Sports |
| Colorado Buffaloes at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | average audience | full telecast | 3,734,000 | final | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Colorado Buffaloes at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | peak audience | full telecast | 4,500,000 | final | confirmed | ESPN PR |
| Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs | average audience | full telecast | 2,520,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs | average audience | full telecast | 450,000 | superseded | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs | average audience | full telecast | 588,000 | revised | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals | average audience | full telecast | 218,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | Manny Soloway (Awful Announcing), X |
| Houston Astros at New York Mets | average audience | full telecast | 1,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| IndyCar Milwaukee Mile | average audience | full telecast | 950,000 | final | press-attributed | FOX Sports |
| TOUR Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 4,760,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| New Mexico State Aggies at Florida State Seminoles | peak audience | full telecast | 2,400,000 | final | press-attributed | The CW |
| New Mexico State Aggies at Florida State Seminoles | average audience | full telecast | 1,960,000 | final | press-attributed | The CW |
| NC State Wolfpack at Virginia Cavaliers | average audience | full telecast | 3,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Awful Announcing |
| North Carolina Tar Heels at TCU Horned Frogs | average audience | full telecast | 4,900,000 | final | press-attributed | ESPN |
| Howard Bison at Alabama A&M Bulldogs | average audience | full telecast | 1,200,000 | final | press-attributed | Awful Announcing |
| Texas Rangers at Milwaukee Brewers | average audience | full telecast split window (“MLB: Regional Coverage”) | 3,250,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Memphis Tigers at UNLV Rebels | average audience | full telecast | 1,650,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees | average audience | full telecast split window (“in most of the country”) TV only | 3,161,000 | final | press-attributed | FOX Sports |
| Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees | peak audience | full telecast split window (“in most of the country”) TV only | 3,672,000 | final | press-attributed | FOX Sports |
| Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles | average audience | full telecast | 2,850,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves | average audience | full telecast | 640,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves | average audience | full telecast | 450,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Portland Fire at Dallas Wings | average audience | full telecast | 270,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Golden State Valkyries at Minnesota Lynx | average audience | full telecast | 800,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Seattle Seahawks at Tennessee Titans | average audience | full telecast | 4,900,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers | average audience | full telecast | 1,870,000 | superseded | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky | average audience | full telecast | 3,090,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. | average audience | full telecast | 3,280,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox | average audience | full telecast | 1,700,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers | average audience | full telecast | 2,020,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| BMW Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 3,850,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| BMW Championship Round 4 | peak audience | full telecast | 5,500,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NASCAR Cup New Hampshire | average audience | full telecast | 1,690,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NASCAR Cup New Hampshire | average audience | full telecast | 1,790,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. | average audience | full telecast | 3,282,000 | final | confirmed | FOX Sports |
| BMW Championship Round 3 | average audience | full telecast | 2,430,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| WNBA Fever–Wings | average audience | full telecast | 1,070,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Las Vegas Raiders at Houston Texans | average audience | full telecast | 3,400,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Washington Nationals at Texas Rangers | average audience | full telecast | 250,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo | average audience | full telecast | 1,850,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs | average audience | full telecast | 420,000 | preliminary | press-attributed | The TV Ratings Guide |
| MLB Cardinals–Cubs | average audience | full telecast | 1,990,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream | average audience | full telecast | 2,580,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| FedEx St. Jude Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 3,790,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| IndyCar Markham | average audience | full telecast | 913,000 | final | confirmed | FOX Sports |
| Los Angeles Rams at Kansas City Chiefs | average audience | full telecast | 2,380,000 | final | press-attributed | Awful Announcing |
| NASCAR Cup Richmond | average audience | full telecast | 1,470,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NASCAR Cup Richmond | average audience | full telecast | 1,520,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks | average audience | full telecast | 2,230,000 | final | press-attributed | Front Office Sports |
| Cleveland Browns at Chicago Bears | average audience | full telecast | 1,650,000 | final | press-attributed | Front Office Sports |
| FedEx St. Jude Championship Round 3 | average audience | full telecast | 2,870,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets | average audience | full telecast | 1,360,000 | final | press-attributed | Front Office Sports |
| Field of Dreams | average audience | full telecast | 1,660,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Green Bay Packers at Pittsburgh Steelers | average audience | full telecast | 2,280,000 | final | press-attributed | Front Office Sports |
| Tennessee Titans at San Francisco 49ers | average audience | full telecast | 1,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Front Office Sports |
| New York Liberty at Indiana Fever | average audience | full telecast | 2,010,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NASCAR Cup Iowa | average audience | full telecast | 1,860,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NASCAR Cup Iowa | average audience | full telecast | 1,930,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wyndham Championship Round 4 | average audience | full telecast | 2,590,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky | average audience | full telecast | 2,560,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Wyndham Championship Round 3 | average audience | full telecast | 1,790,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| NFL Hall of Fame Game | average audience | full telecast | 6,990,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| MLB Brewers–Pirates | average audience | full telecast | 1,150,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
| Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs | average audience | full telecast TV only | 923,000 | final | press-attributed | Sports Media Watch |
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 |