Ratings Reference

Tokyo 2020 Olympics — Prime time

Nielsen average audience: 20,000,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2021-07-25 Sunday
Networks
NBC
20,000,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2021-07-30

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
20,000,000
Sunday's primetime coverage averaged 20.0 million Sports Media Watch, verbatim
blend1 figure
via pressaverage audience
combined / full telecast / TV + streaming · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
20,000,000
… Sunday's primetime coverage averaged an Olympic-high 20.0 million viewers across all NBC platforms (-37% from 2016) … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider