Indy 500 TV Rating (Update)
Yesterday's Indy 500 was the most-watched sporting event of the day on TV as well as @NBCSports' most-streamed IndyCar event ever with 161K unique streamers.
âž- Final rating of 3.4 was the highest for the event since a 3.9 for the 100th running in '16. pic.twitter.com/9EiiP8a80Q
— Adam Stern (@A_S12) May 27, 2019
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| Pagenaud and Rossi battle |
05/27/19
The following is TV information shared by NBC this morning. NBC expects to distribute a press release later today, complete with updated ratings information.
• Yesterday’s Indy 500, the first-ever on NBC, delivered a 3.86 overnight rating, up 15% vs. 2018 (3.35 on ABC) and the best in three years. The overnight was 3.6 in '17, 4.1 in '16 and 4.3 in '15 so NBC isn't going to beat the ABC numbers from 2016 and earlier
• The overnight rating peaked in the final quarter-hour at 4.56 when Simon Pagenaud outdueled Alexander Rossi to win his first Indy 500.
• This was the highest overnight for a Sunday afternoon sports event on NBC in more than four months (Jan. 6, NFL Wild Card, 22.9) and the highest overnight for a sports event on Sunday.
• The overnight rating does not include digital consumption. Final viewership, including digital, is expected later today.
Top ten markets:
1) Indy: 10.98
2) Dayton: 9.8
3) Sacramento: 7.9
4) Cincinnati: 7.3
5) Ft. Myers-Naples: 7.3
6) West Palm Beach: 6.9
7) Louisville: 6.8
8) Columbus: 6.4
9) Richmond: 6.3
10) Tulsa: 6.2