Are football ratings down 2021?
The 2021 NFL regular season averaged 17.1 million viewers (TV and Digital) – the highest regular-season average since 2015 and up more than 10% from 2020.
Is viewership down for World Series?
Not surprisingly, because of the pandemic and industry trends, the 2021 World Series viewership ended up as the second least-watched Fall Classic on record.
How are the World Series ratings?
The Atlanta Braves Game 6 victory over the Houston Astros, ending the 2021 World Series and bringing the title back to Atlanta for the first time in decades, averaged 11.76 million viewers on FOX. It marked an improvement on the all-time low (10.3 million, 2.7 rating) for the final game in the 2020 World Series.
Why was the World Series ratings so low?
The coronavirus forced the MLB to delay, truncate and rearrange its 2020 season, likely denting fans’ enthusiasm and causing World Series ratings to dip. As a result, it’s not surprising that viewership recovered somewhat this year.
Is the NFL losing popularity?
NFL television ratings climbing through first quarter of 2021 season. After seeing its viewership drop during the 2020 season, the National Football League is faring much better this fall. Since the regular season began, ratings and viewership are skyrocketing across all major networks entering Week 5.
Are the NFL ratings down this year?
The NFL’s ratings resilience in the face of a far more competitive environment for viewers’ attention helps explain the nearly 100% increase the league received in its new 11-year media rights deal which takes effect in 2022 and 2023, lifting its annual take to $9 billion a year.
Is the MLB losing popularity?
Its popularity with the American public writ large is in decline and the average age of those cheering for the game is growing older. Attendance, while receiving a bounce from the pandemic-restricted season of 2020, continued to decline.
How many viewers watched the Super Bowl 2021?
112.3 million viewers
Super Bowl LVI averages audience of 112.3 million viewers, is most-watched show in five years.
Is the MLB losing fans?
Baseball is becoming less popular, even without losing all or part of the 2022 season. Fans are getting older, and not as many of them are tuning in to watch games on TV. More than one of the other major sports have already passed baseball by.
Is MLB attendance down in 2021?
MLB attendance hit a 37-year low in 2021, with the average per-game attendance falling for the fifth straight season (not counting the fanless 2020 season).
Is MLB viewership declining?
Is MLB more popular than the NBA?
And yet the World Series outdrew the Finals in 2020 as well, 9.8 million to 7.5 million. As for revenue, to use Smith’s other argument, MLB tops the NBA there too. According to Forbes, MLB generates $10 billion, ahead of the NBA’s $8 billion.