Nba Finals 2020 Viewership

The nba said its combined viewership across tnt espn and abc for the 2020 openers was up 67 3 4 million compared to 2019 when the league nba averaged 2 2 million for opening week.

Nba finals 2020 viewership. With the biggest basketball star in the world playing and the entire planet legally mandated to stay at home bored as heck you d. The 2020 nba finals continued the trend of declining viewership with 7 41 million people watching game 1 making it the lowest rated and least watched nba finals game on record tracking viewership started in 1988. Those figures represent a 66 percent drop.

The audience of the 2020 nba playoffs is made up of 45 white viewers and 55 non white viewers. However the presence of the toronto raptors in the nba finals boosted canadian viewership to record levels. The 2020 nba finals were watched by an average of 7 5 million viewers in the united states.

To put that in perspective game 6 of the 2019 nba finals which included a team from canada and did not include lebron james drew 18 34 million viewers. Nba finals notches record low viewership oct 1st 2020 10 23 pm oct 1st. Game 6 drew at its peak 6 028 million viewers.

The number of people watching the nba finals in 2020 is about 50 to 70 less than the number of people watching the nba finals in 2019 2018. The sports activities world is without doubt one of the most affected by the covid 19 pandemic with many main sports activities everywhere in the world coming to an entire halt together with nba. The nba finals opened last night with megastar lebron james and his lakers clashing with his former team the miami heat.

The championship series was contested between miami heat champions of the eastern conference and the. That compares to a 46 54 respective mix for last year s nba playoffs. Some basic facts and fact like information.

This drop in the number of nba finals viewers is interesting. Even after many leagues returned it was clear that the new normal could have a big impact. The viewership numbers for the sixth and final game of the nba finals are in and they are atrocious.