List of Super Bowl TV ratings

The following is a list of television ratings for Super Bowl games.

TV ratings

Date	Super Bowl	Network	Avg. U.S. viewers (millions)	Total U.S. viewers (millions)	Household Rating/Share	$/30 Sec. Ad	Ref(s)
January 15, 1967	I	CBS	26,750,000	51,180,000	22.6	43	$42,500	[1]
		NBC	24,430,000		18.5	36	$37,500
January 14, 1968	II	CBS	39,120,000		36.8	68	$54,500	[1]
January 12, 1969	III	NBC	41,660,000		36	70	$55,000	[1]
January 11, 1970	IV	CBS	44,270,000		39.4	69	$78,200	[1]
January 17, 1971	V	NBC	46,040,000		39.9	75	$72,500	[1]
January 16, 1972	VI	CBS	56,640,000		44.2	74	$86,100	[1]
January 14, 1973	VII	NBC	53,320,000		42.7	72	$88,100	[1]
January 13, 1974	VIII	CBS	51,700,000		41.6	73	$103,500	[1]
January 12, 1975	IX	NBC	56,050,000		42.4	72	$107,000	[1]
January 18, 1976	X	CBS	57,710,000		42.3	78	$110,000	[1]
January 9, 1977	XI	NBC	62,050,000		44.4	73	$125,000	[1]
January 15, 1978	XII	CBS	78,940,000		47.2	67	$162,300	[1]
January 21, 1979	XIII	NBC	74,740,000		47.1	74	$185,000	[1]
January 20, 1980	XIV	CBS	76,240,000		46.3	67	$222,000	[1]
January 25, 1981	XV	NBC	68,290,000		44.4	63	$275,000	[1]
January 24, 1982	XVI	CBS	85,240,000		49.1	73	$324,300	[1]
January 30, 1983	XVII	NBC	81,770,000		48.6	69	$400,000	[1]
January 22, 1984	XVIII	CBS	77,620,000		46.4	71	$368,200	[1]
January 20, 1985	XIX	ABC	85,530,000		46.4	63	$525,000	[1]
January 26, 1986	XX	NBC	92,570,000		48.3	70	$550,000	[1]
January 25, 1987	XXI	CBS	87,190,000		45.8	66	$600,000	[1]
January 31, 1988	XXII	ABC	80,140,000		41.9	62	$645,000	[1]
January 22, 1989	XXIII	NBC	81,590,000		43.5	68	$675,000	[1]
January 28, 1990	XXIV	CBS	73,852,000		39	67	$700,400	[1]
January 27, 1991	XXV	ABC	79,510,000		41.9	63	$800,000	[1]
January 26, 1992	XXVI	CBS	79,590,000		40.3	61	$850,000	[1]
January 31, 1993	XXVII	NBC	90,990,000		45.1	66		[1]
January 30, 1994	XXVIII		90,000,000		45.5	66	$900,000	[1]
January 29, 1995	XXIX	ABC	83,420,000		41.3	62	$1,150,000	[1]
January 28, 1996	XXX	NBC	94,080,000		46	68	$1,085,000	[1]
January 26, 1997	XXXI	Fox	87,870,000		43.3	65	$1,200,000	[1]
January 25, 1998	XXXII	NBC	90,000,000		44.5	67	$1,291,100	[1]
January 31, 1999	XXXIII	Fox	83,720,000		40.2	61	$1,600,000	[1]
January 30, 2000	XXXIV	ABC	88,465,000		43.3	63	$2,100,000	[1]
January 28, 2001	XXXV	CBS	84,335,000		40.4	61	$2,200,000	[1]
February 3, 2002	XXXVI	Fox	86,801,000		40.4	61		[1]
January 26, 2003	XXXVII	ABC	88,637,000		40.7	61		[1]
February 1, 2004	XXXVIII	CBS	89,795,000	144,400,000	41.4	63	$2,302,200	[1][2]
February 6, 2005	XXXIX	Fox	86,072,000		41.1	62	$2,400,000	[1]
February 5, 2006	XL	ABC	90,745,000		41.6	62	$2,500,000	[1]
February 4, 2007	XLI	CBS	93,184,000		42.6	64	$2,385,365	[1]
February 3, 2008	XLII	Fox	97,448,000	148,300,000	43.1	65	$2,699,963	[1][3]
February 1, 2009	XLIII	NBC	98,732,000	151,600,000	42	64	$3,000,000	[1][3]
February 7, 2010	XLIV	CBS	106,476,000	153,400,000	45	68	$2,800,000	[1][2]
February 6, 2011	XLV	Fox	111,010,000	162,900,000	46	69	$3,100,000	[1][2][4]
February 5, 2012	XLVI	NBC	111,346,000		47	71	$3,500,000	[1][4]
February 3, 2013	XLVII	CBS	108,690,000	164,100,000	46.3	69	$4,000,000	[1][5]
February 2, 2014	XLVIII	Fox	112,200,000		46.7	69		[6]
February 1, 2015	XLIX	NBC	114,440,000		47.5	71	$4,500,000	[7][8]
February 7, 2016	50	CBS	111,860,000	167,000,000	49	73	$5,000,000	[5][9]

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