Preakness Stakes
Nielsen average audience: 7,900,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2018-05-19 Saturday
- Networks
- NBC
7,900,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2018-05-23
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
7,900,000
Saturday's Preakness Stakes race segment earned a 4.8 rating and 7.9 million viewers on NBC …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
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press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
Prior-season comparable
7,500,000
2017-05-20 · NBC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+5.3% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on NBC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
Preakness Stakes by year
2010–2024Record
9.7M 2013
This telecast
#8 of 10 Before Out-of-Home
Years on record
15 2010–2024
Nielsen average audience · one telecast per year
- Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
- Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
15 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:01 UTC
| Year | Telecast | Avg audience |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Preakness Stakes | 8,400,000 |
| 2011 | Preakness Stakes | 8,800,000 |
| 2012 | Preakness Stakes | 8,100,000 |
| 2013 | Preakness Stakes | 9,700,000 |
| 2014 | Preakness Stakes | 9,600,000 |
| 2015 | Preakness Stakes | 8,900,000 |
| 2016 | Preakness Stakes | 9,400,000 |
| 2017 | Preakness Stakes | 7,500,000 |
| 2018 | Preakness Stakes | 7,900,000 |
| 2019 | Preakness Stakes | 5,410,000 |
| 2020 | Preakness Stakes | 2,360,000 |
| 2021 | Preakness Stakes | 7,010,000 |
| 2022 | Preakness Stakes | 5,260,000 |
| 2023 | Preakness Stakes | 5,020,000 |
| 2024 | Preakness Stakes | 5,300,000 |