Combined viewership for the American League’s 3-2 win over the National League at Dodger Stadium averaged 7.6 million viewers across Fox and Fox Deportes. That’s off 8% from the average 8.3 million viewers for the 2021 game.
Then, How many viewers watched the All Star Game 2021? The 2021 game averaged 8.316 million viewers.
How many people watched the All Star Game 2022?
Sports remains king of live viewership. Hence the towering sums doled out in every new broadcast and streaming rights deal. The All-Star Game also remained the most viewed in sports, topping the 2022 editions of the NFL Pro Bowl (6.69 million) and the NBA All-Star Game (6.28 million).
Likewise How many people watch Daytona? Sunday’s NASCAR Daytona 500 averaged a 4.7 rating and 8.87 million viewers on FOX (8.88M across all platforms), marking the highest rated and most-watched edition of the race since 2019 (5.3, 9.17M).
Is NASCAR losing popularity? Viewership and attendance of NASCAR have been on the decline ever since 2006, and some think the 2021 boost was only due to people seeking more outdoor activity after isolating themselves for so long during the 2020 pandemic. While viewership was up last year, the sport does not have the clout it had back in 2005.
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Is NASCAR ratings going down?
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season averaged 2.93 million viewers across FOX, FS1, NBC and NBCSN, down 4% from last year (3.06M), down 6% from 2019 (3.11M) and the least-watched season on record. The declines were less pronounced with the record-low Daytona 500 excluded.
Will NASCAR ever be popular again?
NASCAR’s popularity is seemingly on the wane, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. says it can grow again, perhaps even back to its peak during his prime driving days. One caveat, though: It’ll “take a long time.” “The growth of our sport to its peak, that took decades,” Earnhardt said.
Is MLB losing popularity?
Another way of looking at this: MLB lost 11 million in-person paying fans from 2007 to 2019, and stands to lose another five million compared to 2019 if the average holds. MLB’s on pace to draw 63.4 million fans this year, which would be the lowest mark since 1997 (63.1 million).
Is MLB viewership declining?
First, it continues a downward trend. Attendance slipped 4% from 2017 to 2018, and another 1.7% from 2018 to 2019. Tack on another ~6% so far in 2022 and DePaoli, who worked in MLB front offices for 16 years, said, “That’s a significant drop across [just] a few seasons.”
Is baseball becoming unpopular?
Just 11% of adults listed baseball as their favorite sport to watch in a 2021 Washington Post poll. That put it well behind football (34%) and tied with basketball for the second favorite sport. Soccer and “something else” (e.g. esports/competitive video gaming) were closely behind at 7%.
Is the NBA more popular than MLB?
And yet the World Series outdrew the Finals in 2020 as well, 9.8 million to 7.5 million. As for revenue, to use Smith’s other argument, MLB tops the NBA there too. According to Forbes, MLB generates $10 billion, ahead of the NBA’s $8 billion.
Why is MLB losing fans?
About 60% of baseball fans say they’re losing interest in the season because of the labor dispute, but only about a third say they’ll watch fewer games as a result. Poll taken March 3-7 among 3,768 adults nationwide, including 1,523 who said they were baseball fans. SurveyMonkey-Los Angeles Times poll.
Who has more viewers MLB or NBA?
Advantage: NBA. Not only did the NBA outdraw Major League Baseball on both broadcast and cable during the 2009 regular season, but the overall trend appears to be in the NBA’s favor.
Why is MLB attendance dropping?
MILWAUKEE — Blame it on lingering effects of the pandemic, resentment over the lockout or economic fears. Major League Baseball is struggling to fill the stands at pre-COVID levels as the sport heads into the last 2 1/2 months of its first season since 2019 without capacity restrictions.
Is baseball still declining?
Attendance, while receiving a bounce from the pandemic-restricted season of 2020, continued to decline. Same for TV ratings for regular and post-season matchups. While there was improvement from 2020, the 2021 season numbers reflect the continued downward trend in overall interest in pro baseball.
