Super Bowl ratings 2021: Numbers for Buccaneers-Chiefs plummet from last year

New York Post ^ | 2/9/21 | Justin Tasch

[Renkluaf]

The Super Bowl 2021 ratings are finally out — and they’re not great. CBS announced on Tuesday morning that 96.4 million viewers watched the game across all their platforms, “including the CBS Television Network, CBS Sports and NFL digital properties, Buccaneers and Chiefs mobile properties, Verizon Media mobile properties and ESPN Deportes television and digital properties.” Tom Brady and the Buccaneers cruised to a 31-9 victory over the Chiefs on Sunday with the final result not in doubt throughout much of the second half. CBS did tout the game as the most live streamed ever, with 5.7 million viewers on digital platforms. While CBS didn’t announce the number off viewers who watched the game on CBS, Sports Business Journal reported the total number was 91.629 million. Concerns in the sports media industry grew when the ratings for the game were not released on Monday, which is highly unusual. “Super Bowl numbers are still being processed and verified,” Nielsen said in a statement on Monday night. “We anticipate that final viewing figures, which will include Out Of Home (OOH) viewing, will be available to the media (Tuesday).” Last season’s Super Bowl, a Chiefs victory over the 49ers on Fox, averaged 102.1 million viewers across all platforms.

[Renkluaf]

I watched re-runs.

[bcr100]

Good! I hope some teams go bankrupt.

[Steven Tyler]

NFL increased the number of ways someone could watch the game, and viewers dropped.

Could have been all that kneeling the past few years and accusing your customers are r@cist

[Dilbert San Diego]

Declining interest in the NFL? The constant hype about the game becomes counter productive? Nobody knew who the halftime guy, “The Weekend” , was? Yet another Super Bowl with Tom Brady gets monotonous to some fans?

[budj]

Maybe they should add the ISIS national anthem next year. Yeah, that’d help!