Super Bowl TV's biggest audience since the moon landing

[Diehardblues]

Sunday’s overtime thriller, which featured the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the San Francisco 49ers, averaged 123.4 million viewers, CBS said Monday, breaking Super Bowl viewership records.

The highly anticipated showdown in Las Vegas surpassed the previous most-watched Super Bowl in history, a record set just last year when the Chiefs mounted a second half comeback to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in front of 115 million viewers. The audience for Super Bowl LVIII was so large that it approached the all-time most watched television broadcast set in 1969, when an estimated 125 to 150 million viewers watched the Apollo 11 moon landing.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/super-bowl-lviii-sets-ratings-record-with-a-staggering-1234-million-viewers-tv-s-biggest-audience-since-the-moon-landing/ar-BB1ibACG#:~:text=Super Bowl LVIII sets ratings record with a,viewers, TV’s biggest audience since the moon landing

 

[Diehardblues]

To place in more historical proportions we currently have about 341 million in US. In 1969 we had only 197 million.

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/population

 

[Tabascocat]

The Swift effect but if the moon(or Mars) landing was today, it would be 250+ million viewers.

 

[Diehardblues]

The Swift effect but if the moon(or Mars) landing was today, it would be 250+ million viewers.

Back then 125 million viewers would have been about 63% of 197 million people which today actually would calculate to about 214 million.

 

[Diehardblues]

We were very limited with only 3 Network TV stations and maybe an Independent station. PBS came later.

With more Americans receiving their news from the internet and social media now I’d venture to say the percentage of TV viewers would be much less than 63% for a moon or mars landing in 2024.

 

[Flamma]

Goes to show how well staged events are received.

 

[1942willys]

Goes to show how well staged events are received.

I see what you did here.

 

[1942willys]

To place in more historical proportions we currently have about 341 million in US. In 1969 we had only 197 million.

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/population

Actually the US Census Clock proclaimed on Nov 20,1967 that there were 200 million then
The 1970 census said there were over 203 million
So it seems reasonable to say that there were at least 200 million in the US on the day of the moon landing

 

[Diehardblues]

Actually the US Census Clock proclaimed on Nov 20,1967 that there were 200 million then
The 1970 census said there were over 203 million
So it seems reasonable to say that there were at least 200 million in the US on the day of the moon landing

Yes those statistics are made at year end. Obviously they are fluid changing throughout the year.

197 to 200 million changes the statistics from 63% to 62%. Thanks for the crucial correction.

 

[1942willys]

Yes those statistics are made at year end. Obviously they are fluid changing throughout the year.

197 to 200 million changes the statistics from 63% to 62%. Thanks for the crucial correction.

if you are going to use exact numbers then use them
The official data is always from the census bureau; any other source is always questionable
You can thank me for this lesson some other time

 

[_sturt_]

With more Americans receiving their news from the internet and social media now I’d venture to say the percentage of TV viewers would be much less than 63% for a moon or mars landing in 2024.

Yes and no.

You're right... in the present context of having been to the moon and otherwise built and sent out into space a space station, a space shuttle, a Hubble and a Webb telescope, equipment that explores Mars... not all that amazing.

But, if we'd never been to the moon before... would be something in the vein of what was experienced in 1969.

 

[Diehardblues]

if you are going to use exact numbers then use them
The official data is always from the census bureau; any other source is always questionable
You can thank me for this lesson some other time

For the record I said “ about” . That’s not exact.

Regardless 197 or 200 million doesn’t change the narrative. It only changes the percentage by 1%. The correction is futile. Lol

 

[ShortRound]

Imagine the numbers if the Cowboys got in.

 

[Risen Star]

Imagine the numbers if the Cowboys got in.

Imagine if the Cowboys landed on the moon.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

How is this true the World Cup final was like 1.5 billion with a B