Ratings Reference
vs prior 12 months

Trending: every league, team, and network vs the prior 12 months

Average audience per eligible telecast, 2025-09-15 to 2026-09-15 against 2024-09-15 to 2025-09-14. Nielsen average audience, final or revised figures, one figure per telecast, regular-season telecasts only for leagues with a postseason, each telecast credited to its lead carrier.

average audience · final figures · regular season only · lead carrier only

Left out of both windows: 286 postseason telecasts and 150 telecasts whose season phase is not yet on record.

26
entities ranked
Largest move · Leagues
+84.2%
NHL · 964,933 viewers per telecast · 15 eligible telecasts
Largest move · Teams
+29.2%
Chiefs · 27,943,333 viewers per telecast · 9 eligible telecasts
Largest move · Networks
+106.3%
CBS · College Basketball · 3,563,333 viewers per telecast · 6 eligible telecasts

Leagues

8 leagues with 6 or more eligible telecasts in each window · computed 2026-09-15 07:30 UTC

NameCurrent avgPrior avgChangeTelecastsPrior telecasts
NHL964,933523,769+84.2%1539
College Basketball2,267,8061,669,725+35.8%3640
NFL19,523,92117,633,377+10.7%6377
WNBA1,605,3181,481,167+8.4%226
MLB1,525,2771,661,000−8.2%479
NBA2,582,7782,770,200−6.8%1825
College Football4,711,2734,540,750+3.8%66104
NASCAR2,726,5002,736,471−0.4%2017

Under the floor (fewer than 6 eligible telecasts in a window)

Teams

6 teams with 6 or more eligible telecasts in each window · computed 2026-09-15 07:30 UTC

NameCurrent avgPrior avgChangeTelecastsPrior telecasts
Chiefs27,943,33321,632,000+29.2%910
Cowboys25,994,44421,252,000+22.3%910
Packers25,085,28621,757,143+15.3%77
Commanders16,781,42918,855,000−11.0%76
Alabama9,538,4298,913,333+7.0%76
Rams15,738,33314,964,286+5.2%67

Under the floor (fewer than 6 eligible telecasts in a window)

Networks

12 networks with 6 or more eligible telecasts in each window · computed 2026-09-15 07:30 UTC

NameCurrent avgPrior avgChangeTelecastsPrior telecasts
CBS · College Basketball3,563,3331,727,077+106.3%613
CBS · NFL28,677,77819,818,667+44.7%915
ESPN · College Basketball2,377,5001,697,952+40.0%1221
ABC · NBA2,593,0004,043,500−35.9%1010
ABC · NHL1,215,000989,000+22.9%67
Prime Video · NFL15,835,55613,088,000+21.0%910
NBC · NFL24,241,42920,286,000+19.5%715
FOX · NFL25,523,70021,762,353+17.3%1017
ABC · NFL18,646,15416,541,111+12.7%139
FOX · College Football4,677,1115,153,529−9.2%917
ESPN · College Football2,172,0002,057,968+5.5%1731
ABC · College Football6,657,2506,855,343−2.9%2835

Under the floor (fewer than 6 eligible telecasts in a window)