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Telecasts · NFL

NFC Championship Game - 49ers vs Rams

Nielsen average audience: 50,420,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2022-01-30 Sunday
Networks
FOX
Teams
San Francisco 49ers · Los Angeles Rams
Score
Rams 20, 49ers 17
50,420,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 3 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen4 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
combined / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
50,420,000
Sunday's 49ers-Rams NFC Championship Game averaged 50.42 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
50,225,000
50.225M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
50,230,000
50.23M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via presspeak audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
55,220,000
The Rams' win, which peaked with 55.22 million Sports Media Watch, verbatim
4 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NFC Championship Game by year

2002–2022
Record
57.9M 2010
This telecast
#1 of 2 Panel + Out-of-Home
Years on record
21 2002–2022
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
20M40M60M2022 · NFC Championship Game · 50.4M2002 · NFC Championship Game · 37.4M2003 · NFC Championship Game · 38.7M2004 · NFC Championship Game · 40.4M2005 · NFC Championship Game · 42.9M2006 · NFC Championship Game · 35.2M2007 · NFC Championship Game · 43.2M2008 · NFC Championship Game · 53.9M2009 · NFC Championship Game · 38.4M2010 · NFC Championship Game · 57.9M2011 · NFC Championship Game · 51.9M2012 · NFC Championship Game · 57.6M2013 · NFC Championship Game · 42.0M2014 · NFC Championship Game · 55.9M2015 · NFC Championship Game · 49.8M2016 · NFC Championship Game · 45.7M2017 · NFC Championship Game · 46.3M2018 · NFC Championship Game · 42.3M2019 · NFC Championship Game · 44.1M2020 · NFC Championship Game · 42.8M2021 · NFC Championship Game · 47.0M2022 · NFC Championship Game · 50.4M2005201020152020
  • Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
  • Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
21 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:36 UTC
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
YearTelecastAvg audience
2002NFC Championship Game37,429,000
2003NFC Championship Game38,741,000
2004NFC Championship Game40,444,000
2005NFC Championship Game42,937,000
2006NFC Championship Game35,233,000
2007NFC Championship Game43,247,000
2008NFC Championship Game53,937,000
2009NFC Championship Game38,387,000
2010NFC Championship Game57,933,000
2011NFC Championship Game51,884,000
2012NFC Championship Game57,635,000
2013NFC Championship Game42,000,000
2014NFC Championship Game55,911,000
2015NFC Championship Game49,839,000
2016NFC Championship Game45,739,000
2017NFC Championship Game46,281,000
2018NFC Championship Game42,298,000
2019NFC Championship Game44,075,000
2020NFC Championship Game42,792,000
2021NFC Championship Game46,970,000
2022NFC Championship Game50,420,000

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