Ratings Reference
Publishers

Sports Media Watch

9,046 telecasts with figures · 9,561 published claims
9,046
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-09-14

Top leagues

by most-watched telecast
1
NFL
Super Bowl LX · 2026-02-08
125,603,000
1,199 telecasts
2
MLB
World Series Game 7 · 1986-10-27
52,100,000
729 telecasts
3
Olympics
London 2012 Olympics — Opening Ceremony · 2012-07-27
40,700,000
81 telecasts
4
College Basketball
1979 NCAA championship game · 1979-03-26
35,110,000
762 telecasts
5
FIFA
Belgium at United States · 2026-07-06
33,090,000
78 telecasts

How they report

Providers citedNielsen 9,027 · blend 372 · platform self-report 1
Figure typescurrency 9,376 · combined definition 23 · self-report 1
Provider attribution0% confirmed · 100% press-attributed

Confirmed means reconciled to the provider's own release; press-attributed figures cite the provider through the outlet.

Publishing2009-05-07 to 2026-09-10
Revisions23 revised figures · 94 supersede an earlier claim

Telecasts with figures

date

date the telecast's air date. On a series row, the year.

Methodology →
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 →
2016-05-20Eastern Conference Final Game 41,600,000
2016-05-19Eastern Conference Finals Game 25,492,000
2016-05-19Western Conference Final Game 31,200,000
2016-05-18Western Conference Finals Game 27,573,000
2016-05-18Eastern Conference Final Game 31,800,000
2016-05-17Eastern Conference Finals Game 15,405,000
2016-05-17Western Conference Final Game 21,100,000
2016-05-16Western Conference Finals Game 18,706,000
2016-05-16Eastern Conference Final Game 21,700,000
2016-05-13Eastern Conference Final Game 11,700,000
2016-05-07Kentucky Derby15,500,000
2016-04-10Masters Tournament Round 412,400,000
2016-04-04Villanova Wildcats at North Carolina Tar Heels17,752,000
2016-04-02Syracuse Orange at North Carolina Tar Heels12,939,000
2016-04-02Villanova Wildcats at Oklahoma Sooners10,451,000
2016-03-27Notre Dame Fighting Irish at North Carolina Tar Heels10,100,000
2016-03-27Syracuse Orange at Virginia Cavaliers7,600,000
2016-03-26Villanova Wildcats at Kansas Jayhawks11,600,000
2016-03-26Oklahoma Sooners at Oregon Ducks7,700,000
2016-03-24Maryland Terrapins at Kansas Jayhawks6,800,000
2016-03-24Miami Hurricanes at Villanova Wildcats5,600,000
2016-03-24Texas A&M Aggies at Oklahoma Sooners2,800,000
2016-03-20VCU Rams at Oklahoma Sooners8,300,000
2016-03-20Wisconsin Badgers at Xavier Musketeers3,100,000
2016-03-19Indiana Hoosiers at Kentucky Wildcats10,500,000
2016-03-17Chattanooga Mocs at Indiana Hoosiers4,000,000
2016-03-17Stony Brook Seawolves at Kentucky Wildcats3,700,000
2016-01-24AFC Championship Game53,299,000
2016-01-24NFC Championship Game45,739,000
2016-01-11CFP National Championship26,180,000
2016-01-03Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinalssplit window20,900,000
2016-01-03Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers24,300,000
2016-01-02West Virginia Mountaineers at Arizona State Sun Devils3,699,000
2016-01-02Kansas State Wildcats at Arkansas Razorbacks7,049,000
2016-01-02Penn State Nittany Lions at Georgia Bulldogs5,872,000
2016-01-02Oregon Ducks at TCU Horned Frogs7,414,000
2016-01-01Michigan Wolverines at Florida Gators8,761,000
2016-01-01Stanford Cardinal at Iowa Hawkeyes13,552,000
2016-01-01Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Ohio State Buckeyes9,759,000
2016-01-01Oklahoma State Cowboys at Ole Miss Rebels8,940,000