Is NASCAR TV ratings down?

Is NASCAR TV ratings down?

Auto Club TV ratings The NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway was down 4.8% compared to the last event that was run in 2020.

Are NASCAR TV ratings up?

All three major motorsports series are seeing viewership growth so far this year, with NASCAR ahead of the pack and F1 making the biggest gain. FOX and FS1 averaged 3.70 million viewers for their portion of the NASCAR Cup Series season, up 6% from last year (3.48M) and down slightly from 2019 (3.73M).

Are NASCAR ratings down in 2021?

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season averaged 2.93 million viewers across FOX, FS1, NBC and NBCSN, down 4% from last year (3.06M), down 6% from 2019 (3.11M) and the least-watched season on record. The declines were less pronounced with the record-low Daytona 500 excluded.

How much has NASCAR attendance dropped?

In 2014 the average viewership for Cup Series races was 5.3 million. In 2019, that number had dropped to just 2.92 million. That is a decrease of nearly 50%, and in some races this kind of decline could be seen in the stands too.

How are NASCAR’s ratings?

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington, which aired on Fox Sports 1, earned a 1.45 rating with 2.614 million viewers. The all-important 18-49 demographic included 517,000 viewers.

Are NASCAR ratings down 2021?

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season averaged 2.93 million viewers across FOX, FS1, NBC and NBCSN, down 4% from last year (3.06M), down 6% from 2019 (3.11M) and the least-watched season on record.

Is NASCAR losing their fan base?

NASCAR ratings are declining while IndyCar is rising Last year’s season-opener at Barber only averaged 914 thousand viewers which is almost an extra 500 thousand. This is the most viewed season-opener since 2015. IndyCar’s race at St. Petersberg was also up from 1.219 million viewers last season.

Is NASCAR viewership declining?

NASCAR is clearly falling behind other motorsports in a new era of television. Formula 1 and IndyCar are on the rise while NASCAR is slowly declining on a weekly and yearly basis.

Is NASCAR ratings on the rise or decline?

Formula 1 and IndyCar are on the rise while NASCAR is slowly declining on a weekly and yearly basis. What are the biggest differences between these sports? Well, it might be as easy as the product fans are seeing on their televisions over the course of a race.

Is NBC dropping NASCAR?

On January 22, 2021, an internal memo sent by NBC Sports president Pete Bevacqua announced that NBCSN would cease operations by the end of the year, and that USA Network would begin “carrying and/or simulcasting certain NBC Sports programming,” including the Stanley Cup playoffs and NASCAR races, before NBCSN’s …

What happened to NASCAR ratings?

According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the first four certified NASCAR broadcasts of 2022 averaged 5.49 million viewers on Fox, and while that marks a 9% decline compared to the 6.04 million viewers who tuned in during the analogous stretch in 2019, it’s a rounding error when viewed through the lens of the …

Has NASCAR ratings dropped in 2020?

Despite a record-low finish, the 2020 NASCAR season held up reasonably well in the ratings. Last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series finale from Phoenix averaged a 1.9 rating and 3.06 million viewers on NBC, marking the lowest rated and least-watched Cup Series finale on record.

Is the NBA viewership down?

But the NBA is decidedly not more popular than ever by any means. To the contrary, regular-season ratings in 2020-21 were down 25% compared with the last uninterrupted season in 2018-19.

Are NASCAR ratings down 2020?

What are NASCAR ratings?

Overall, average viewership is up six percent from last year. The 10 races that aired on FOX averaged 4,590,000 viewers. Last year, FOX averaged 4,159,000 viewers per race. Additionally, FOX announced that the 2022 NASCAR Cup Season was the second most-streamed season all-time with an average minute audience of 35,714.

  • September 19, 2022