Ratings Reference
Telecasts · Horse Racing

Kentucky Derby

14,370,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2021-05-04

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
match only / race portion · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
The race portion of Saturday's Kentucky Derby averaged a 7.1 rating and 14.37 million viewers on NBC, up 48% in ratings and 55% in viewership from last year's months-delayed, record-low race (4.8, 9.26M) but down 24% and 12% respectively from the previous May edition in 2019 (9.4, 16.34M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
14,370,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
The race portion of Saturday's Kentucky Derby averaged a 7.1 rating and 14.37 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
14,370,000
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider