Ratings Reference

Tokyo 2020 Olympics — Opening Ceremony

Nielsen average audience: 17,000,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2021-07-23 Friday
Networks
NBC
17,000,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 3 sources · final
figures last changed 2021-07-29

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen4 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
combined / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
17,000,000
Friday's Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Summer Olympics averaged 17 million viewers across NBC's live morning broadcast and traditional primetime presentation … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
12,000,000
NBC's primetime replay of last Friday's Opening Ceremony averaged 12.0 million Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
17,000,000
Friday's Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Summer Olympics averaged 17 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
12,300,000
on Saturday , while the primetime telecast of Friday's Opening Ceremony averaged 12.3 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

Revision ledger

Nielsen full telecast average audience · newest first
2021-07-29
-5,000,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2021-07-27
-4,700,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2021-07-25
17,000,000
initial figure · superseded
Sports Media Watch