A San Francisco 49ers fan reacts whereas watching a telecast of NFL soccer’s Super Bowl 58 on a display exterior the Chase Center in San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.
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A San Francisco 49ers fan reacts whereas watching a telecast of NFL soccer’s Super Bowl 58 on a display exterior the Chase Center in San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024.
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Sunday’s recreation was the most watched Super Bowl in history.
About 123.four million individuals tuned in throughout a number of platforms, together with CBS, Paramount+, Univision and Nickelodeon, which featured commentary from SpongeBob SquarePants and mates. All collectively, greater than 200 million individuals watched at the least some a part of the recreation, in response to CBS, which cited Nielsen and Adobe Analytics knowledge.
The Kansas City Chiefs grew to become back-to-back Super Bowl champs Sunday after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in extra time.
Viewership was up 7% from final 12 months’s championship recreation, which at the time held the file for the most watched Super Bowl.
Sunday’s recreation additionally was the most watched tv broadcast for a single community, CBS stated.
Approximately 2.2 million individuals tuned into the recreation on Univision, making it the most seen Spanish language broadcast of the Super Bowl, CBS stated.
Several components possible contributed to the excessive viewership. Earlier this month, Nielsen expanded its availability of “out-of-home” viewership counts – which embrace audiences at airports, motels, bars, and so on. – to all 50 states.
Additionally, the recreation went into extra time and, as throughout much of the season, Taylor Swift, who’s courting Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, was current at the recreation.
