Indianapolis 500
Nielsen average audience: 1,590,000 viewers (revised), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2026-05-24 Sunday
- Networks
- FOX
1,590,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · revised
figures last changed 2026-06-18
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
1,590,000
Six UFL windows this season topped the million viewer mark, topped by a season-high audience of 1.59 millionSports Media Watch, verbatim
6,635,000
Last weekend's Indy 500 averaged 6.635 million viewersSports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
Revision ledger
Prior-season comparable
7,050,000
2025-05-25 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Awful Announcing
−77.4% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on FOX, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
Indianapolis 500 by year
2011–2026Record
7.0M 2025
This telecast
#1 of 1 Big Data + Panel
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 2026-10-30 20:36 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 |