NFL 2018 season TV ratings & viewership

Every nationally televised NFL game of the 2018 season with its published Nielsen audience: 56 of 61 national windows that have aired carry a published figure, each sourced.

56 of 61 aired national windows have a published figure

national windows with a figure

updated 2026-08-27

Most-watched telecasts of the 2018 season

rank	telecast telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one. Methodology →	figure figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one. Methodology →
1	Super Bowl LIII - Patriots vs Rams2019-02-03 · CBS · ESPN Deportes	98,950,000
2	Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears2019-01-06 · NBC	35,890,000
3	Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams2019-01-12 · FOX	33,350,000
4	Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys2018-11-22 · FOX	30,480,000
5	Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys2019-01-05 · FOX	29,380,000
6	Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs2019-01-12 · NBC	29,140,000
7	Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions2018-11-22 · CBS	26,500,000
8	Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans2019-01-05 · ABC	26,410,000
9	Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots2018-11-04 · NBC	23,680,000
10	Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers2018-09-09 · NBC	22,120,000

Top 10 of 57 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-16 02:39 UTC

Site-computed means by network

networks	mean
NBCmean of 21 published figures	20,463,333
FOXmean of 14 published figures	17,771,429
ESPNmean of 12 published figures	11,023,333
NFL Networkmean of 7 published figures	6,527,143

Mean of the chart-eligible Nielsen average figures per network set this season, computed by this site. Not a network's own season average.

Every national window with a figure

Week 1

date	telecast	figure
2018-09-06	Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia EaglesNBC	18,980,000
2018-09-09	Chicago Bears at Green Bay PackersNBC	22,120,000
2018-09-10	New York Jets at Detroit LionsESPN	10,300,000
2018-09-10	Los Angeles Rams at Oakland RaidersESPN	9,600,000

Week 2

date	telecast	figure
2018-09-13	Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati BengalsNFL Network	7,020,000
2018-09-16	New York Giants at Dallas CowboysNBC	20,660,000
2018-09-17	Seattle Seahawks at Chicago BearsESPN	11,720,000

Week 3

date	telecast	figure
2018-09-20	New York Jets at Cleveland BrownsNFL Network	8,630,000
2018-09-23	New England Patriots at Detroit LionsNBC	19,460,000
2018-09-24	Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay BuccaneersESPN	12,010,000

Week 4

date	telecast	figure
2018-09-27	Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles RamsFOX	14,450,000
2018-09-30	Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh SteelersNBC	17,920,000
2018-10-01	Kansas City Chiefs at Denver BroncosESPN	13,210,000

Week 5

date	telecast	figure
2018-10-04	Indianapolis Colts at New England PatriotsFOX	13,220,000
2018-10-07	Dallas Cowboys at Houston TexansNBC	18,590,000

1 more national window, no figure on record

Week 6

date	telecast	figure
2018-10-11	Philadelphia Eagles at New York GiantsFOX	14,700,000
2018-10-14	Kansas City Chiefs at New England PatriotsNBC	21,110,000
2018-10-15	San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay PackersESPN	11,900,000

Week 7

date	telecast	figure
2018-10-18	Denver Broncos at Arizona CardinalsFOX	9,100,000
2018-10-21	Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City ChiefsNBC	16,020,000
2018-10-22	New York Giants at Atlanta FalconsESPN	10,300,000

Week 8

date	telecast	figure
2018-10-25	Miami Dolphins at Houston TexansFOX	12,050,000
2018-10-28	Philadelphia Eagles at Jacksonville JaguarsNFL Network	3,590,000
2018-10-28	New Orleans Saints at Minnesota VikingsNBC	14,090,000

1 more national window, no figure on record

Week 9

date	telecast	figure
2018-11-01	Oakland Raiders at San Francisco 49ersFOX	11,060,000
2018-11-04	Green Bay Packers at New England PatriotsNBC	23,680,000

1 more national window, no figure on record

Week 10

date	telecast	figure
2018-11-08	Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh SteelersFOX	14,750,000
2018-11-11	Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia EaglesNBC	20,100,000
2018-11-12	New York Giants at San Francisco 49ersESPN	10,500,000

Week 11

date	telecast	figure
2018-11-15	Green Bay Packers at Seattle SeahawksFOX	16,830,000
2018-11-18	Minnesota Vikings at Chicago BearsNBC	18,840,000

1 more national window, no figure on record

Week 12

date	telecast	figure
2018-11-22	Chicago Bears at Detroit LionsCBS	26,500,000
2018-11-22	Washington Redskins at Dallas CowboysFOX	30,480,000
2018-11-22	Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans SaintsNBC	21,730,000
2018-11-25	Green Bay Packers at Minnesota VikingsNBC	20,440,000
2018-11-26	Tennessee Titans at Houston TexansESPN	9,740,000

Week 13

date	telecast	figure
2018-11-29	New Orleans Saints at Dallas CowboysFOX	21,320,000
2018-12-02	Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh SteelersNBC	17,830,000

1 more national window, no figure on record

Week 14

date	telecast	figure
2018-12-06	Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee TitansFOX	10,760,000
2018-12-09	Los Angeles Rams at Chicago BearsNBC	19,390,000
2018-12-10	Minnesota Vikings at Seattle SeahawksESPN	11,400,000

Week 15

date	telecast	figure
2018-12-13	Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City ChiefsFOX	17,350,000
2018-12-15	Cleveland Browns at Denver BroncosNFL Network	7,290,000
2018-12-15	Houston Texans at New York JetsNFL Network	4,760,000
2018-12-16	Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles RamsNBC	18,120,000
2018-12-17	New Orleans Saints at Carolina PanthersESPN	13,000,000

Week 16

date	telecast	figure
2018-12-22	Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles ChargersNFL Network	8,210,000
2018-12-22	Washington Redskins at Tennessee TitansNFL Network	6,190,000
2018-12-23	Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle SeahawksNBC	19,570,000
2018-12-24	Denver Broncos at Oakland RaidersESPN	8,600,000

Week 17

date	telecast	figure
2018-12-30	Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee TitansNBC	16,050,000

Wild Card

date	telecast	figure
2019-01-05	Indianapolis Colts at Houston TexansABC	26,410,000
2019-01-05	Seattle Seahawks at Dallas CowboysFOX	29,380,000
2019-01-06	Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago BearsNBC	35,890,000

Divisional round

date	telecast	figure
2019-01-12	Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City ChiefsNBC	29,140,000
2019-01-12	Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles RamsFOX	33,350,000

On record outside the league schedule

date	telecast	figure
2019-02-03	Super Bowl LIII - Patriots vs RamsCBS · ESPN Deportes	98,950,000

Telecasts of this league and season that carry a figure and no league-schedule row; not counted in the coverage line.