Telecasts · Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby
18,030,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-05-04
Published figures
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press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Saturday's race segment of the Kentucky Derby averaged a combined 19.3 million viewers across Nielsen (7.9 rating, 18.03M viewers) and Adobe Analytics (1.3M), marking the largest audience for the event in the Nielsen people meter era (1989-present), surpassing the longtime record-holder of 18.5 million in 1989.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
18,030,000
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press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Saturday's race segment of the Kentucky Derby averaged a combined 19.3 million viewers across Nielsen (7.9 rating, 18.03M viewers) and Adobe Analytics (1.3M), marking the largest audience for the event in the Nielsen people meter era (1989-present), surpassing the longtime record-holder of 18.5 million in 1989.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
19,300,000
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