Super Bowl 60 was a defensive battle for the first three quarters of play. The Seattle Seahawks held the upper hand all game over the New England Patriots en route to a second Super Bowl title in franchise history.
Behind a dominant effort up front, Seattle harassed Patriots quarterback Drake Maye and left little room for his playmakers to get open. Super Bowl MVP running back Kenneth Walker III paced the Seahawks’ offense until they finally broke through and reached the end zone in the fourth quarter.
Seattle led 9-0 at halftime before Grammy Award-winning artist Bad Bunny put on a show featuring the likes of Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.
Super Bowl 60 had something for everyone – casual fans and NFL enthusiasts alike. Seattle’s dominant defense, late scoring, Bad Bunny’s performances and the usual array of interesting commercials.
Now that the dust’s settled on the biggest television event of the year, how many people tuned in to watch Super Bowl 60? Here’s what we know.
How many people watched the Super Bowl?
That average is second all-time behind the record set by Super Bowl 59 of 127.71 million viewers. The Philadelphia Eagles’ victory over the Kansas City Chiefs was the most-watched television event in U.S. history.
Super Bowl viewership history
Here’s a history of the total viewership of each Super Bowl dating back to the first one on Jan. 15, 1967, according to Nielsen Media Research:
- Super Bowl 60: 124.9 million
- Super Bowl 59: 127.71 million
- Super Bowl 58: 123.71 million
- Super Bowl 57: 115.09 million
- Super Bowl 56: 101.57 million
- Super Bowl 55: 95.87 million
- Super Bowl 54: 102.08 million
- Super Bowl 53: 98.95 million
- Super Bowl 52: 104.01 million
- Super Bowl 51: 111.97 million
- Super Bowl 50: 112.33 million
- Super Bowl 49: 114.81 million
- Super Bowl 48: 112.75 million
- Super Bowl 47: 108.69 million
- Super Bowl 46: 111.34 million
- Super Bowl 45: 111.04 million
- Super Bowl 44: 106.47 million
- Super Bowl 43: 98.73 million
- Super Bowl 42: 97.44 million
- Super Bowl 41: 93.18 million
- Super Bowl 40: 90.74 million
- Super Bowl 39: 86.07 million
- Super Bowl 38: 89.79 million
- Super Bowl 37: 88.63 million
- Super Bowl 36: 86.80 million
- Super Bowl 35: 84.33 million
- Super Bowl 34: 88.46 million
- Super Bowl 33: 83.72 million
- Super Bowl 32: 90.00 million
- Super Bowl 31: 87.87 million
- Super Bowl 30: 94.08 million
- Super Bowl 29: 83.42 million
- Super Bowl 28: 90.00 million
- Super Bowl 27: 90.99 million
- Super Bowl 26: 79.59 million
- Super Bowl 25: 79.51 million
- Super Bowl 24: 73.85 million
- Super Bowl 23: 81.59 million
- Super Bowl 22: 80.14 million
- Super Bowl 21: 87.19 million
- Super Bowl 20: 92.57 million
- Super Bowl 19: 85.53 million
- Super Bowl 18: 77.62 million
- Super Bowl 17: 81.77 million
- Super Bowl 16: 85.24 million
- Super Bowl 15: 68.29 million
- Super Bowl 14: 76.24 million
- Super Bowl 13: 74.74 million
- Super Bowl 12: 78.94 million
- Super Bowl 11: 62.05 million
- Super Bowl 10: 57.71 million
- Super Bowl 9: 56.05 million
- Super Bowl 8: 51.70 million
- Super Bowl 7: 53.32 million
- Super Bowl 6: 56.64 million
- Super Bowl 5: 46.04 million
- Super Bowl 4: 44.27 million
- Super Bowl 3: 41.66 million
- Super Bowl 2: 39.12 million
- Super Bowl 1: 26.75 million