Nhl viewership by year. However it averaged 2154 million viewers for the seven game rematch down 7 from the 2008 final. The 18 rating among persons 18 to 49 was the highest of the broadcast networks in the time slot. Year after year other sports consistently draw more viewers to their tv broadcasts.
National hockey league stanley cup games average tv viewership from 2008 to 2019 in millions. In 2019 the average tv viewership was at 533 million per game in the united states. Saturdays doubleheader games averaged 13 million viewers which nbc sports said was the most watched nhl doubleheader in four years excluding pre covid 19 playoff contests.
Saturdays doubleheader games averaged 13 million viewers which nbc sports said was the most watched nhl doubleheader in four years excluding pre covid 19 playoff contests. Television and football was a match made in heaven. For 40 years viewership boomed and came to dominate everybody else.
The nhl regular season averaged 424000 viewers across nbc sports tv and digital platforms up 2 from last year 417k but down 11 from two years ago 474k. The final averaged 3107 million viewers up 44 percent from 2009. The 2011 nhl winter classic moved to prime time because of weather concerns drew an audience of 45 million viewers and a rating of 23 both increases from the year before.
The nhls playoff ratings are the best since at least 1994 in terms of total audience delivery but theyre only up a bit on last year. Tv ratings nhl stanley cup games 2006 2019 nhl number of stanley cups won by team 1915 2019. This season tops only last year as the least watched since 2010 11.
Viewership is up 1 compared to 2018 1067 million. This snapshot places the nfls drop off in recent years in some perspective. Average tv viewership nhl stanley cup games 2008 2019 average us.