Super Bowl Ratings History (1967-present)

Super Bowl ratings dating back to the very first game in 1967.

The Super Bowl ratings record remains a 49.1 for 49ers-Bengals in 1982, but the viewership record was set more recently, 114.4 million for Patriots-Seahawks in 2015. The past ten Super Bowls rank as the ten most-watched all-time, and the past eight rank as the eight most-watched programs in U.S. television history.

Last year’s Patriots-Rams Super Bowl was the least-watched since 2008.

Super Bowl ratings and viewership, all-time

As of 2021, out-of-home viewing is now included in traditional Nielsen-reported audience.

Year Game Margin Net Overall A18-49
Rtg TV Vwrs Strm Spnsh OOH Rtg Vwrs
2021 TB-KC TB +22 CBS 38.2 91.63M 5.7M 647K incl. 26.5 34.28M
2020 KC-SF KC +11 FOX 41.6 100.45M 3.4M 757K 13M 29.9 38.67M
2019 NE-LAR NE +10 CBS 41.1 98.19M 2.6M 473K 12M 31.0 39.95M
2018 PHI-NE PHI +8 NBC 43.1 103.39M 2.02M 543K 12M 33.4 43.00M
2017 NE-ATL NE +6 (OT) FOX 45.3 111.32M 1.72M 650K 37.1 47.62M
2016 DEN-CAR DEN +14 CBS 46.6 111.86M 1.40M 472K 37.7 47.86M
2015 NE-SEA NE +4 NBC 47.5 114.44M 973K 368K 39.1 49.71M
2014 SEA-DEN SEA +35 FOX 46.7 112.19M 531K 561K 39.3 49.87M
2013 BAL-SF BAL +3 CBS 46.4 108.69M 508K 39.7 50.22M
2012 NYG-NE NYG +4 NBC 47.0 111.35M 346K 40.5 51.84M
2011 GB-PIT GB +6 FOX 46.0 111.01M 39.9 52.48M
2010 NO-IND NO +14 CBS 45.0 106.48M 38.6 50.82M
2009 PIT-ARIZ PIT +4 NBC
42.0
98.73M 36.7 48.45M
2008 NYG-NE NYG +3 FOX
43.1
97.45M 37.5 49.19M
2007 IND-CHI IND +12 CBS
42.6
93.18M 35.2 n.a.
2006 PIT-SEA PIT +11 ABC
41.6
90.75M 34.6 45.01M
2005 NE-PHI NE +3 FOX
41.1
86.07M 33.2 43.14M
2004 NE-CAR NE +3 CBS
41.4
89.80M 35.7 46.00M
2003 TB-OAK TB +27 ABC
40.7
88.64M 36.4 46.86M
2002 NE-STL NE +3 FOX
40.4
86.80M 34.7 n.a.
2001 BAL-NYG BAL +27 CBS
40.4
84.34M 35.8 n.a.
2000 STL-TEN STL +7 ABC
43.3
88.47M 37.9 n.a.
1999 DEN-ATL DEN +15 FOX
40.2
83.72M 36.4 n.a.
1998 DEN-GB DEN +7 NBC
44.5
90.00M n.a. n.a.
1997 GB-NE GB +14 FOX
43.3
87.87M n.a. n.a.
1996 DAL-PIT DAL +10 NBC
46.0
94.08M 41.2 n.a.
1995 SF-SD SF +23 ABC
41.3
83.42M n.a. n.a.
1994 DAL-BUF DAL +17 NBC
45.5
90.00M n.a. n.a.
1993 DAL-BUF DAL +35 NBC
45.1
90.99M n.a. n.a.
1992 WSH-BUF WSH +13 CBS
40.3
79.59M n.a. n.a.
1991 NYG-BUF NYG +1 ABC
41.9
79.51M n.a. n.a.
1990 SF-DEN SF +45 CBS
39.0
73.85M n.a. n.a.
1989 SF-CIN SF +4 NBC
43.5
81.59M n.a. n.a.
1988 WSH-DEN WSH +32 ABC
41.9
80.14M n.a. n.a.
1987 NYG-DEN NYG +19 CBS
45.8
87.19M n.a. n.a.
1986 CHI-NE CHI +36 NBC
48.3
92.57M n.a. n.a.
1985 SF-MIA SF +22 ABC
46.4
85.53M n.a. n.a.
1984 LA Raiders-WSH LA +29 CBS
46.4
77.62M n.a. n.a.
1983 WSH-MIA WSH +10 NBC
48.6
81.77M n.a. n.a.
1982 SF-CIN SF +5 CBS
49.1
85.24M n.a. n.a.
1981 OAK-PHI OAK +17 NBC
44.4
68.29M n.a. n.a.
1980 PIT-LA Rams PIT +12 CBS
46.3
76.24M n.a. n.a.
1979 PIT-DAL PIT +4 NBC
47.1
74.74M n.a. n.a.
1978 DAL-DEN DAL +17 CBS
47.2
78.94M n.a. n.a.
1977 OAK-MIN OAK +18 NBC
44.4
62.05M n.a. n.a.
1976 PIT-DAL PIT +4 CBS
42.3
57.71M n.a. n.a.
1975 PIT-MIN PIT +10 NBC
42.4
56.05M n.a. n.a.
1974 MIA-MIN MIA +17 CBS
41.6
51.70M n.a. n.a.
1973 MIA-WSH MIA +7 NBC
42.7
53.32M n.a. n.a.
1972 DAL-MIA DAL +21 CBS
44.2
56.64M n.a. n.a.
1971 BAL (Colts)-DAL BAL +3 NBC
39.9
46.04M n.a. n.a.
1970 KC-MIN KC +16 CBS
39.4
44.27M n.a. n.a.
1969 NYJ-BAL (Colts) NYJ +9 NBC
36.0
41.66M n.a. n.a.
1968 GB-OAK GB +19 CBS
36.8
39.12M n.a. n.a.
1967 GB-KC GB +25 CBS
22.6
26.75M n.a. n.a.
NBC
18.5
24.43M n.a. n.a.

(Some streaming/Spanish-language data via Michael Mulvihill/Twitter 2.3a, 2.3b)

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