The decline of NFL viewership has rightfully been one of the biggest sports media stories of the past two years but less has been written about where college football stands in aggregate viewership.
Experts given a number of factors including the innate regionalism of the sport, and the massive number of national windows between ESPN’s multiple networks, Fox and FS1, CBS and CBSSN, NBC and NBCSN and others.
2017: Per Karp, here’s where the networks finished for average viewership for this year’s CFB regular season:
CBS: 4.951 million viewers, down 10% from 5.489 million in 2016.
ABC: 4.203 million, down 18% from 5.097 million.
Fox: 3.625 million, up 23% from 2.951 million.
NBC: 2.742, down 3% from 2.814 million.
ESPN: 2.155 million, down 6% from 2.300 million.
FS1: 819,000, up 4% from 743,000.
https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/12/10/college-footballs-declining-ratings-2017-media-circus
College football ratings and attendance declined; NBA ratings are up.
By David French February 13, 2018 11:27 PM
Every Power Five conference except the Big 10 lost fans in the stands. Multiple major universities are downsizing stadiums.
There’s also the question of geography and competence. The NBA is one of the best-run sports leagues in the world, and its blue urban fans are the fans most likely to be inspired by Steve Kerr’s or Greg Poppovich’s political rants.
NFL’s fan base is still enormous, It still dwarfs the NBA and the college game.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corn...eclined-nba-ratings-are-does-politics-matter/
Experts given a number of factors including the innate regionalism of the sport, and the massive number of national windows between ESPN’s multiple networks, Fox and FS1, CBS and CBSSN, NBC and NBCSN and others.
2017: Per Karp, here’s where the networks finished for average viewership for this year’s CFB regular season:
CBS: 4.951 million viewers, down 10% from 5.489 million in 2016.
ABC: 4.203 million, down 18% from 5.097 million.
Fox: 3.625 million, up 23% from 2.951 million.
NBC: 2.742, down 3% from 2.814 million.
ESPN: 2.155 million, down 6% from 2.300 million.
FS1: 819,000, up 4% from 743,000.
https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/12/10/college-footballs-declining-ratings-2017-media-circus
College football ratings and attendance declined; NBA ratings are up.
By David French February 13, 2018 11:27 PM
Every Power Five conference except the Big 10 lost fans in the stands. Multiple major universities are downsizing stadiums.
There’s also the question of geography and competence. The NBA is one of the best-run sports leagues in the world, and its blue urban fans are the fans most likely to be inspired by Steve Kerr’s or Greg Poppovich’s political rants.
NFL’s fan base is still enormous, It still dwarfs the NBA and the college game.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corn...eclined-nba-ratings-are-does-politics-matter/