Belmont Stakes
Nielsen average audience: 4,500,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2021-06-05 Saturday
- Networks
- NBC
4,500,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2021-06-09
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
match only / race portion · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
4,500,000
The race portion of horse racing's Belmont Stakes averaged a 2.6 rating and 4.5 million viewers on NBC Saturday evening, up 35% from last year …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
4,500,000
Belmont rebounds, but still on lower end historically The race portion of horse racing's Belmont Stakes averaged a 2.6 rating and 4.5 million viewersSports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · single source
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press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
Belmont Stakes by year
2009–2023Record
12.7M 2018
This telecast
#2 of 3 Panel + Out-of-Home
Years on record
13 2009–2023
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
- Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
- Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
13 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 23:10 UTC
| Year | Telecast | Avg audience |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Belmont Stakes | 6,600,000 |
| 2010 | Belmont Stakes | 4,900,000 |
| 2011 | Belmont Stakes | 6,800,000 |
| 2012 | Belmont Stakes | 7,670,000 |
| 2013 | Belmont Stakes | 7,000,000 |
| 2016 | Belmont Stakes | 5,800,000 |
| 2017 | Belmont Stakes | 4,900,000 |
| 2018 | Belmont Stakes | 12,700,000 |
| 2019 | Belmont Stakes | 4,910,000 |
| 2020 | Belmont Stakes | 3,330,000 |
| 2021 | Belmont Stakes | 4,500,000 |
| 2022 | Belmont Stakes | 4,720,000 |
| 2023 | Belmont Stakes | 3,520,000 |