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What Is the Most Watched Super Bowl of All Time?

Super Bowl LIX in 2025 tops the list.

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The NFL is the most highly viewed sport in the U.S.—and the Super Bowl, often the most popular event on television, is its crown jewel.

According to Nielsen figures, since 2010, the Super Bowl has consistently garnered more than 100 million viewers, save 2019 and 2021. Super Bowl XLIV between the Colts and the Saints was the first to cross the 100 million viewer bar. New Orleans’s 31–17 upset of Indianapolis earned the franchise’s first Super Bowl title for the historically downtrodden organization.

The current record belongs to the 2025 event, Super Bowl LIX as Patrick Mahomes’s Kansas City Chiefs fell to the Philadelphia Eagles. The last four Super Bowls—from 2023 to 2026—all rank in the top four for viewership. But throughout the decade, Nielsen has tweaked how it tabulates viewership several times, making apples-to-apples comparisons difficult. Suffice it to say, however, the Super Bowl isn’t getting any less popular.

Top Ten

1. Super Bowl LIX, February 9, 2025, FOX/Tubi/FOX Deportes/Telemundo, 127,713,000
Philadelphia 40, Kansas City 22

2. Super Bowl LX, February 8, 2026, NBC/Peacock/Telemundo, 125,603,000
Seattle 29, New England 13

3. Super Bowl LVIII, February 11, 2024, CBS/Paramount+/Nickelodeon/NAN/Univision, 123,714,000
Kansas City 25, San Francisco 22

4. Super Bowl LVII, February 12, 2023, FOX/FOX Deportes, 115,096,000
Kansas City 38, Philadelphia 35

5. Super Bowl XLIX, February 1, 2015, NBC/Universo, 114,810,000
New England 28, Seattle 24

6. Super Bowl XLVIII, February 2, 2014, FOX/FOX Deportes, 112,752,000
Seattle 43, Denver 8

7. Super Bowl 50, February 7, 2016, CBS/ESPN Deportes, 112,336,000
Denver 24, Carolina 10

8. Super Bowl LI, February 5, 2017, FOX/FOX Deportes, 111,973,000
New England 34, Atlanta 28

9. Super Bowl XLVI, February 5, 2012, NBC, 111,346,000
New York Giants 21, New England 17

10. Super Bowl XLV, February 6, 2011, FOX, 111,041,000
Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25

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