The 2024 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night saw a 20% increase in viewership compared to last year’s event. Although the numbers were nowhere close to Super Bowl LVIII, viewership for the NBA All-Star Game jumped double-digits. It could have been much worse, all things considered. The E...
Wednesday, ESPN put an AP story on its homepage, bragging that its favorite league, the NBA, is up 95% in viewership year over year. 'NBA ratings for opening week up significantly
5 years ago–viaTwitter Mike Stauffer:Seems like Nurkic, Trent Jr., VanVleet, and Booker all need boosts!#NBA2K21 5 years ago–viaArda Ocal @ ESPN Viewership numbers overall have been seen as a resounding success by the Suns’ organization. The matchup between Ty Jerome and Josh Okogie (...
when compared with theaverage TV viewership of the World Series, it was apparent that the NBA Finals were not alone in experiencing a declining number of TV viewers in recent years, with viewership for the World Series dropping from a high of 23.4 million in 2016 to 9.11 million in 2023. ...
This era also saw the continuous near year-over-year decline in NBA viewership. Between 2012 and 2019, the league lost 40 to 45 percent of its viewership. While some of it can be attributed to "cable-cutting", other professional leagues, like the NFL and MLB have retained stable viewership...
The WNBA also saw complementary viewership marks amongst diversified audiences. Notably, viewership grew 60% year-over-year among people of color, with the most-represented demographics in that category – Hispanic and Black fans – notching a 96% and 67% year-over-year growth in viewership, res...
Giannis Antetekounmpo’s 50-point effort, which snapped the Milwaukee Bucks’ 50-year drought, posted a 50 percent increase in viewership over last year. Tuesday’s Suns-Bucks NBA Finals Game 6 averaged a 6.6 rating and 12.52 million viewers on ABC, up 57% in ratings and 50% in viewer...
t matter. What does matter is that people are clearly tuning NBA basketball out. Ratings are dipping. Year over year,viewership has declined sharplysincethe start of the season. The league is currently competing against a lot, from the NFL to a monster of a...
A record-low Christmas Day took a toll on the numbers, but the NBA regular season still eked out an increase in viewership.
Over the past 15 years, TV viewership in general has steadily declined due to competition from streaming services. However, live sports have remained largely immune to this trend. The networks are paying huge amounts to retain the rights to televise these games. ...