NFL Reports 20% Jump in Global Viewers to 62.5 Million for Super Bowl LVIII
The National Football League (NFL) announced that the February Super Bowl LVIII garnered a worldwide television audience 62.5 million.
This year’s NFL finale, which witnessed the victory of the Kansas City Chiefs over the San Francisco 49ers, experienced a viewership surge of 20% compared to the previous year.
Broadcasted live across over 195 territories, the Super Bowl engaged audiences through over 80 media partnerships and was available in more than 25 different languages.
In Mexico, the game attracted 24.1 million viewers, with an average viewership of 8.7 million, a 5% increase from the previous year. The Apple Music halftime performance also reached a peak viewership of over 10 million.
Canada had an audience of 18.8 million, with an average viewership of 10.1 million, making it one of the top five English-language broadcasts ever watched in the country, according to NFL records.
The UK witnessed an 18% increase in total viewership year-over-year, with 3.7 million viewers. The average audience for the event on a UK pay-TV network was 514,000 viewers.
The broadcast in Australia pulled in close to 3 million viewers, while in China, it became the most-viewed Super Bowl in the past seven years, according to the NFL.
The NFL noted a substantial boost in online engagement across various regions, including Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the UK.
While Nielsen’s data indicated that around 210 million viewers watched the Super Bowl in the US, the NFL did not include these figures in its report.
Peter O’Reilly, the NFL’s Executive Vice President for Club Business, Major Events, and International, highlighted the growing global fascination with American football, stating, “The global interest in our game continues to grow rapidly, from fandom to participate, and the increase in international viewership underlines this. The Super Bowl is a moment that fuses sport and entertainment like nothing else, and Super Bowl LVIII was no exception, bringing together fans in every time zone around the world for a football and cultural spectacle. The global growth of the game is a major strategic focus for the league and the 32 teams, and we look forward to continued momentum in the coming years.”
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