ABC’s stay protection of the US Grand Prix from the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday attracted the most important US tv viewers for the occasion in historical past, with a median of 1.5 million viewers tuning in to the race-only portion of the telecast. Based mostly on Nielsen massive information and panel information, viewership was up 14% in comparison with final yr’s race viewership.
The variety of spectators set an occasion viewing document for the twelfth day trip of 19 F1 races this season, and the variety of spectators elevated from the earlier yr in all however two of the 19 races. Max Verstappen’s victory between 4:15pm and 4:30pm drew 1.6 million viewers, additional intensifying the race for the F1 drivers’ championship with simply 5 races left within the season.
The race telecast aired from 3-4:45 p.m. ET and averaged 539,000 viewers within the 18-49 demographic, a ten % enhance over final yr’s race.
This season, all however two races (Miami, Singapore) noticed year-over-year viewership will increase, and 12 of the 19 races (Australia, China, Monaco, Spain, Canada, Austria, Nice Britain, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Azerbaijan, USGP) achieved document viewership.
The F1 race averaged 1.3 million viewers throughout ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, surpassing the very best common viewers in U.S. tv historical past of 1.21 million, set in 2022.
F1 has an opportunity to attain massive numbers on the free-to-air community this weekend, with the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix beginning on Sunday, October twenty sixth at 3:55pm ET on ABC.
