The NFL went far left to get female viewers and play games in Europe to expand the market after alienating their male fanbase. They have not recovered ratings or viewership since 2015 which was the year before krapdick. Their actual viewership peak was 2006, which they almost replicated in 2015 but were still short about ~1.6 million viewers. They’ve been bleeding ratings trying to pander to a new audience and college football has been cleaning up sticking to the basics.
Their actual viewership peak was 2006, which they almost replicated in 2015 but were still short about ~1.6 million viewers.
Could you help with a source for this? All I'm seeing from searching is articles saying 2015 was the top year. They may just be picking out the regular season ratings, though. https://archive.ph/60fEc
The NFL for the 2023 regular season had its best average viewership for games since 2015 -- and tied with 2010 for the second-best season on record. Regular-season games averaged 17.9 million viewers this season, up 7% from last year, and the best figure since the league averaged 18.1 million in 2015 (the all-time record).
The NFL went far left to get female viewers and play games in Europe to expand the market after alienating their male fanbase. They have not recovered ratings or viewership since 2015 which was the year before krapdick. Their actual viewership peak was 2006, which they almost replicated in 2015 but were still short about ~1.6 million viewers. They’ve been bleeding ratings trying to pander to a new audience and college football has been cleaning up sticking to the basics.
Could you help with a source for this? All I'm seeing from searching is articles saying 2015 was the top year. They may just be picking out the regular season ratings, though.
https://archive.ph/60fEc
I’ll have to dig back through, I remember seeing it listed somewhere where 2006 had 19.6 million average viewers.