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I can’t remember the last Olympics I watched. Nor do I know anyone that watches it. Wonder if viewership is in decline around the world?
by 1cvmask 6y ago
I can’t remember the last Olympics I watched. Nor do I know anyone that watches it. Wonder if viewership is in decline around the world?
- casefields 6y ago>The most recent summer games, held in Rio de Janiero in 2016, drew in an audience of 3.6 billion viewers. https://www.statista.com/statistics/287966/olympic-games-tv-viewership-worldwide/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/287966/olympic-games-tv-...
- dingaling 6y agoThose aren't individual viewers though, that's multiple-counting everyone who watched more than one event. A bit like splitting the Superbowl into discrete ad-delimited sections and repeat-counting everyone who stayed tuned in.
- asdff 6y agoViewership in the US at least seems to be all over the place by year with no rhyme or reason really, other than maybe high GPD country hosted olympics seeming to have higher ratings. Table from wikipedia on TV viewership in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics_on_United_States_television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics_on_United_States_tele...