Summer Olympics Poised to Have Record-Low U.S. Viewership

Gallup ^ | JULY 25, 2024 | JEFFREY M. JONES

[MinorityRepublican]

The U.S. viewing audience for the 2024 Paris Games is poised to be the smallest for any prior Summer Olympics Gallup has measured. Thirty-five percent of U.S. adults plan to watch a great deal (10%) or fair amount (25%) of the games, which is down from 48% measured for the 2016 Olympics and figures just shy of 60% from 2000 to 2012.

Gallup has measured viewing intentions for each Summer Olympics since 2000, except for the 2020 Olympic Games that were delayed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to the 35% who plan to watch at least a fair amount of this year’s games, 34% say they will not watch much and 30% do not plan to watch any. The latter figure is up from 21% in 2016 and is more than double the 2000 to 2012 readings, which ranged from 12% to 14%.

Americans’ lack of interest in this year’s Olympics is also evident in the 56% who are aware the games are being held in France.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I'd rather watch the Special Olympics.

[Eccl 10:2]

If they’re excluding Israel, I ain’t watching.

Gen 12:1-3

1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

2 “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth

[JZelle]

They did it to themselves. I used to love watching the Olympics, no longer.

[9YearLurker]

Did I miss something? Are they excluding Israel?

[rovenstinez]

Wokeism has infected everything good.

[Eli Kopter]

Not watching. Don’t give a sh*t.

[OldHarbor]

[wally_bert]

Kojak reruns are on Pluto.

Beats the Olympics and all of the other sports stuff.

[delta7]

I will pass, we have enough freak shows here in the US.

[cyclotic]

I won’t waste one second watching.

[Leaning Right]

I was going to watch the Olympics. I really was. But I’m hooked on another channel. They’re running a marathon of a guy watching paint dry.

[Adder]

Love it!

Great line for many occasions.

[Eccl 10:2]

OK, it looks like there were lots of calls for Israel’s exclusion, but apparently they will participate

[ladyjane]

I had planned to watch some wrestling because I know someone competing. After this - no way.

[neverevergiveup]

The Olympics should have stayed at every four years, summer and winter same year, and the number of sports represented should not have been expanded to included everything and anything. There are actually discussions of potentially including Pickleball at some point. It's out of control.

[MinorityRepublican]

Wokeism has infected everything good.

💯

[Blennos]

Agree. No interest in this woke spectacle.

[JSM_Liberty]

No. Israel are taking part, the poster you are replying to is probably just making up stuff.

[WKUHilltopper]

Queer Olympics