Ratings Reference

Indianapolis 500

Nielsen average audience: 5,020,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2024-05-26 Sunday
Networks
NBC
5,020,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2024-05-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
5,020,000
… averaged a 2.5 rating and 5.31 million viewers on NBC (5.02 million per Nielsen, plus a streaming audience of 286,000 measured by Adobe Analytics) … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
blend1 figure
via pressaverage audience
combined / full telecast / panel-only / TV + streaming · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
5,310,000
… averaged a 2.5 rating and 5.31 million viewers on NBC (5.02 million per Nielsen, plus a streaming audience of 286,000 measured by Adobe Analytics) … 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

Prior-season comparable

4,720,000
2023-05-28 · NBC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+6.4% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on NBC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Indianapolis 500 by year

2011–2026
Record
7.0M 2025
This telecast
#3 of 5 Panel + Out-of-Home
Years on record
14 2011–2026
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
2M4M6M8M2024 · Indianapolis 500 · 5.0M2011 · Indianapolis 500 · 6.7M2014 · Indianapolis 500 · 6.2M2015 · Indianapolis 500 · 6.5M2016 · Indianapolis 500 · 6.0M2017 · Indianapolis 500 · 5.5M2018 · Indianapolis 500 · 4.9M2019 · Indianapolis 500 · 5.4M preliminary2020 · Indianapolis 500 · 3.7M2021 · Indianapolis 500 · 5.5M2022 · Indianapolis 500 · 4.6M2023 · Indianapolis 500 · 4.7M2024 · Indianapolis 500 · 5.0M2025 · Indianapolis 500 · 7.0M2026 · Indianapolis 500 · 1.6M20122014201620182020202220242026
  • 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
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
YearTelecastAvg audience
2011Indianapolis 5006,711,000
2014Indianapolis 5006,200,000
2015Indianapolis 5006,500,000
2016Indianapolis 5006,000,000
2017Indianapolis 5005,500,000
2018Indianapolis 5004,900,000
2019Indianapolis 5005,410,000
2020Indianapolis 5003,670,000
2021Indianapolis 5005,550,000
2022Indianapolis 5004,620,000
2023Indianapolis 5004,720,000
2024Indianapolis 5005,020,000
2025Indianapolis 5007,050,000
2026Indianapolis 5001,590,000