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Post by pokemon2112 on Feb 17, 2019 15:07:13 GMT -5
- The Clash drew 2.3 million viewers, a rare 2% increase from last year (2.3 million, it was 2.29 vs 2.26).
- However, the Duels fared poorly, drawing 1.7 million viewers, a 13% decrease from last year (2.0 million).
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Post by racefan76 on Feb 18, 2019 11:11:52 GMT -5
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Post by pokemon2112 on Feb 28, 2019 6:33:56 GMT -5
- Daytona ratings were mostly the same as last year. The race drew 9.2 million viewers, down 1% from last year (9.3 million) but not really significant. That is enough however to make it the lowest-watched Daytona 500 on record.
Head to head, it was the highest watched sporting event of the weekend, though in the 18-49 demographic it was beat by the NBA All-Star Game and All-Star Saturday Night.
- Atlanta faired significantly worse, however. The race drew 5.1 million viewers, down 10% from last year (5.6 million). This makes it the lowest rated since at least 1999, and the least-watched second weekend race in at least 20 years.
Despite that, however, it was still the most-watched sporting event of the weekend, though in the 18-49 demographic it was beaten by North Carolina/Duke college basketball, NBA Saturday prime-time, and NBA Rockets/Lakers.
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Post by Mile501 on Feb 28, 2019 10:09:19 GMT -5
That information makes me wonder...how much of the rating decline is due to NASCAR itself (their poor decisions about the sport that have driven fans away), and how much is due to people not sitting around just watching TV as much as they used to? It's probably some of both. I doubt there is any way to find a complete answer to this question though.
But at the same time, their claim that a race is "the most-watched sporting event of the weekend" may be factually true but is somewhat misleading. To truly compare sports we would, for example, need to add all the viewers of all the basketball games together and then compare that to a NASCAR race, since there are many different games but only one top-level NASCAR race.
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Post by pokemon2112 on Mar 2, 2019 21:07:27 GMT -5
That information makes me wonder...how much of the rating decline is due to NASCAR itself (their poor decisions about the sport that have driven fans away), and how much is due to people not sitting around just watching TV as much as they used to? It's probably some of both. I doubt there is any way to find a complete answer to this question though. But at the same time, their claim that a race is "the most-watched sporting event of the weekend" may be factually true but is somewhat misleading. To truly compare sports we would, for example, need to add all the viewers of all the basketball games together and then compare that to a NASCAR race, since there are many different games but only one top-level NASCAR race. I mean one indication of how it's could be NASCAR itself is that streaming viewers don't really add much. Like Daytona only adds 50,000 with streaming. |
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Post by pokemon2112 on Mar 6, 2019 15:48:06 GMT -5
A rare increase for Las Vegas!
The race drew 5.1 million viewers, an 8% increase from last year (4.7 million). This is only the 25th race since 2015 to increase in ratings.
Head-to-head, it was also the highest watched sporting event of the weekend, though NBA Saturday primetime beat it in the 18-49 demographic.
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Post by Mile501 on Mar 7, 2019 19:12:29 GMT -5
A rare increase for Las Vegas! The race drew 5.1 million viewers, an 8% increase from last year (4.7 million). This is only the 25th race since 2015 to increase in ratings. Head-to-head, it was also the highest watched sporting event of the weekend, though NBA Saturday primetime beat it in the 18-49 demographic. I would guess that people were curious how racing would be with the new package, similar to the ratings bump we saw for the Charlotte Roval race last fall. Assuming many were less than thrilled, I would guess ratings will return to normal in the weeks to come, but time will tell. |
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Post by pokemon2112 on Mar 18, 2019 17:12:55 GMT -5
Phoenix increased as well.
The race drew 4.8 million viewers, up 5% from last year (4.6 million). The second straight increase without any notable changes.
Head-to-head it was the highest watched sporting event of the weekend, though one ESPN college basketball game and three NBA games beat it in the 18-49 demographic.
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Post by pokemon2112 on Mar 26, 2019 15:30:57 GMT -5
Three straight increases!
Fontana drew 4.2 million viewers, up 4% from last year (4.0 million). It took until August last year for there to be three increases.
Head to head, it was third, behind the NCAA Tournament selection show and the Player's Cup. In the 18-49 demographic, it also ranked behind 5 college basketball games and NBA on ESPN.
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Post by pokemon2112 on Apr 19, 2019 18:49:27 GMT -5
Ratings reports for the last few weeks:
- Martinsville showed an improvement, with a caveat. The race drew 2.5 million viewers. This is 107% up from last year (1.2 million), but last year's race was postponed to Monday due to rain. Compared to the last time the race ran as scheduled (2017), it was down 38% (4.0 million). Excluding rainouts, this is a record low for the race.
- Moving Texas from FS1 to FOX provided a bump, as it drew 3.7 million viewers, up 29% from last year (2.8 million), which aired on FS1. This is still the second lowest ever.
Unfortunately, after the promising start to the season, the last two weeks have slipped back.
- Bristol drew 2.8 million viewers, down 49% from 2016 (5.5 million), the last time the race aired as scheduled. Excluding rainouts, this is a record low.
- Richmond did even worse. The race drew 2.8 million viewers, down 8% from last year (3.0 million). This makes it the lowest watched since at least 2004, and since at least 2000, the third lowest watched broadcast race ever.
Still, average viewership for the seven FOX races has shown a slight uptick, 5.2 million vs 5.1 million.
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