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).
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.