Sports Ratings & Viewing Trends

Follow pro sports audience performance each week, then explore the bigger picture each month.

Where Will It Air?

Explore regional NFL coverage maps and professional sports broadcast listings alongside the audience reporting.

This Week’s Sports Broadcasts

This Week in Sports Viewership

Start with independent reporting across leagues, then check the networks’ own announcements. Reports appear as results become available; national coverage is not a complete record of every local game.

Sports · Updated as reports are published

Sports Media Watch — Ratings Tracker

Follow NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and WNBA audience reports. Filter by league and date to find recent results and comparisons.

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Network reporting · As released

ESPN Press Room

Read official audience announcements, sports programming updates and published year-over-year comparisons.

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Network reporting · As released

NBC Sports Press Box

Find official sports audience announcements and coverage updates from NBC Sports.

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Sports Viewership: Monthly Review

Use the Ratings Tracker’s league and date filters to revisit a month of sports reporting. The Gauge adds monthly viewing context across platforms; it does not provide monthly audience averages for each sports league.

Viewing trends · Monthly

Nielsen — The Gauge

Explore monthly broadcast, cable and streaming viewing shares. This is platform context, rather than a league-by-league sports ranking.

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Television & Streaming Ratings

Explore the broader viewing picture. Streaming minutes and television average viewers measure different things and should not be combined into one ranking.

TV & streaming · Weekly

Nielsen — Public Top 10

See weekly television rankings and separate streaming-program rankings. Check the reporting dates and measurement notes.

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TV ratings · Frequent updates

The TV Ratings Guide

Follow broader television ratings coverage to put sports audiences alongside entertainment programming.

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Plan the next viewing week

Sports Media Watch · Check before game day

Sports TV Schedules

Find upcoming sports broadcasts and the networks or streaming services carrying them. Confirm late changes with the broadcaster.

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These links open public publisher pages. Reports may be delayed, revised or selective. Network announcements describe their own properties. Resource selection checked October 3, 2026.