Indianapolis 500
Nielsen average audience: 5,550,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2021-05-30 Sunday
- Networks
- NBC
5,550,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2021-06-02
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
5,550,000
Last Sunday's Indianapolis 500 averaged a 3.15 rating and 5.55 million viewers on NBC (5.58 million including additional streaming data not tracked by Nielsen) …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
blend1 figure
via pressaverage audience
combined / full telecast / panel-only / TV + streaming · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
5,580,000
Last Sunday's Indianapolis 500 averaged a 3.15 rating and 5.55 million viewers on NBC (5.58 million including additional streaming data not tracked by Nielsen) …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · single source
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
Indianapolis 500 by year
2011–2026Record
7.0M 2025
This telecast
#2 of 5 Panel + Out-of-Home
Years on record
14 2011–2026
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
- Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
- Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
- Big Data + Panelsince Sept 2025
- preliminary
14 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-31 03:33 UTC
| Year | Telecast | Avg audience |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Indianapolis 500 | 6,711,000 |
| 2014 | Indianapolis 500 | 6,200,000 |
| 2015 | Indianapolis 500 | 6,500,000 |
| 2016 | Indianapolis 500 | 6,000,000 |
| 2017 | Indianapolis 500 | 5,500,000 |
| 2018 | Indianapolis 500 | 4,900,000 |
| 2019 | Indianapolis 500 | 5,410,000 |
| 2020 | Indianapolis 500 | 3,670,000 |
| 2021 | Indianapolis 500 | 5,550,000 |
| 2022 | Indianapolis 500 | 4,620,000 |
| 2023 | Indianapolis 500 | 4,720,000 |
| 2024 | Indianapolis 500 | 5,020,000 |
| 2025 | Indianapolis 500 | 7,050,000 |
| 2026 | Indianapolis 500 | 1,590,000 |