Super Bowl LVIII is Most-Watched Telecast in History
CBS Sports' coverage of Super Bowl LVIII, which featured the Kansas City Chiefs' 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers, delivered the most-watched telecast in history with a 123.4 million average viewers across all platforms, including the CBS Television Network, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision, and CBS Sports and NFL digital properties, including NFL+.
Viewership figures are based on Nielsen Fast National data and Adobe Analytics.
Record-Setting Viewership
Super Bowl LVIII is the most-watched program ever, averaging 123.4 million viewers across all platforms, up +7% versus last year's Super Bowl which was the previous record (115.1 million).
More than 200 million viewers (202.4) watched all-or-part of Super Bowl LVIII across all networks, the highest unduplicated total audience in history and up +10% versus last year's Super Bowl (183.6 million).
Univision averaged more than 2.2 million viewers, the highest Super Bowl viewership on record for a Spanish-language network.
CBS Leads the Way with Largest Audience Ever for Single Network
Super Bowl LVIII on CBS led the way with 120.0 million viewers, the largest audience in history for a single network.
Super Bowl LVIII capped off a record-setting season for CBS Sports. The “NFL ON CBS" scored the most-watched regular season since the NFL returned to CBS in 1998 as well as the Network's best postseason viewership since 1998.
Most-Streamed Super Bowl Ever
Super Bowl LVIII is the most-streamed Super Bowl in history led by a record-setting audience on Paramount+.
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According to Nielsen's National panel measurement, Super Bowl LVIII
Super Bowl LVIII
Watch all of the highlights from the thrilling overtime game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
averaged nearly 124 million viewers on CBS Television Network, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision, and CBS Sports, Univision and NFL digital properties, including NFL+. It ranks as the most-watched Super Bowl of all time.
CBS Sports' coverage of Super Bowl LVIII, which featured the Kansas City Chiefs' 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers, delivered the most-watched telecast in history with a 123.4 million average viewers across all platforms, including the CBS Television Network, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision, and ...
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