Ratings Reference

Tokyo 2020 Olympics — Prime time

Nielsen average audience: 4,400,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2021-07-24 Saturday
Networks
NBC · USA Network · NBCSN · CNBC
4,400,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2021-07-28

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen3 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
4,400,000
Outside of primetime, NBC said its late night show on Saturday averaged 4.4 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
combined / full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
15,300,000
NBC said Sunday that Saturday's opening night of competition at the Tokyo Summer Olympics averaged a preliminary 8.2 rating and 15.3 million viewers across NBC, USA … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
12,640,000
Saturday's primetime coverage averaged 15.9 million across all NBC platforms (-32%), with NBC pulling a 6.5 (-43%) and 12.64 million (-39%). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
blend2 figures
via pressaverage audience
combined / full telecast / TV + streaming · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
15,900,000
Saturday's primetime coverage averaged 15.9 million across all NBC platforms (-32%), with NBC pulling a 6.5 (-43%) and 12.64 million (-39%). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
15,900,000
Saturday's primetime coverage averaged 15.9 million Sports Media Watch, verbatim
5 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
2021-07-26
-8,240,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2021-07-28
12,640,000
initial figure · superseded
Sports Media Watch