TV Viewership 2024 Regular Season

[visitingcock]

The past weekend's Iowa vs. Indiana Game drew a million viewers. It was the second game of the 2023-2024 season to exceed that mark. As far as I remember, only one game (LSU @ SCar) exceeded 1 million last year during the regular season. I hope we have a few more this year.

Here is a summary of the games that have exceeded 199,000 viewers to date. I believe our friend @awhom111 will be adding games through the end of the season. Perhaps we'll close it then and open a new thread to track the tournament viewership (?)

3/3 College Hoops Tipoff FOX 720,000
3/3 Ohio State-Iowa FOX 3,388,000

Firmament Selection Show 1.93 Million
01/21/24 Iowa at Ohio State NBC 1.93 Million
2/11 Iowa-Nebraska FOX 1.772 million
2/3 Iowa-Maryland FOX 1.578 Million
01/24/24 SCar at LSU ESPN 1.56 Million (Gameday ESPN2 preceded 368,000)
11/23/23 Tennessee @ Indiana FOX1 1.128 Million
2/11 UConn-South Carolina ESPN 1.053 Million
1/13/24 Indiana @Iowa FOX 1.0043 Million

01/27/24 Notre Dame at UConn 779,000
02/15/24 SCar at Tennessee ESPN 705,000

3/3 Tennessee-Scar ESPN 679,000 (Gameday preceded 522,000)
02/19/24 Indiana-Illinois FOX 658,000
11/30/23 VaTech ESPN@ LSU 650,000
11/12/23 UConn @ NCState ABC 625,000
11/30/23 SCar @ UNC ESPN 610,000
12/07/2023 Iowa @ Iowa State 588,000
02/19/24 Creighton-UConn FOX 571,000
12/03/23 UConn v Texas 560,000
1/14 24 VaTech @ FSU ESPN 557,000
11/09/23 Iowa @ VaTech ESPN2 548,000
02/29/23 Virginia Tech-Notre Dame ESPN 430,000 .0
12/16/23 Louisville @ UConn FOX 520,000

11/12/23 Maryland at SCar ABC 496,000
12/30/23 Ohio State @ Michigan FOX 496,000
11/03/23 SCar @ Duke ABC 489,000
1/14 24 LSU at Auburn ESPN 471,000
12/30/23 Baylor @ Texas FOX 457,000
11/18/23 Illinois @ Notre Dame NBC 431,000
01/27/24 Nebraska a Iowa 421,000
11/16/23 K-State @ Iowa FSI 415,000
11/19/23 Duke@ Stanford ABC 409,000
01/07/24 MSSt @ SCar ESPN 391,000
11/6/23 Notre Dame v SCar ESPN (Paris) 370,000
01/05/24 Iowa @ Rutgers BTN 315,000
01/07/24 LSU @ OleMiss ESPN 315,000

11/19/23 Drake @ Iowa FS1 281,000
12/10/23 UNC @ UConn ESPN 280,000
12/10/23 Utah v. SCar ESPN 267,000
11/16/23 Maryland @ UConn FS1 244,000
11/9/23 Tennessee @ FSU ESPN2 239,000
12/02/23 Bowling Green @ Iowa FS1 221,000
12/16/23 Cleveland State @ Iowa BTN 216,000
11/29/23 Notre Dame at Tennessee ESPN2 208,000
11/12/23 Indiana @ Stanford ESPN 203,000
02/29/24 LSU-Georgia ESPN2 202,000 .04
01/28/24 Tennessee at Ole Miss 201,000
12/10/23 Iowa @ Wisconsin BTN 199,000*

Edited for January games on 02/01/24

 

[DefenseBB]

Two things jump out at me with the awesome chart that @visitingcock composed:
1. The drop off from 2nd to 3rd is huge
2. SC doesn't appear until game 5, 11 and 13 and UConn doesn't appear until game 4, 7, 10

There are still quite a few marquee games left on the schedule that I do think will have 900K sets of eyeballs on them so thanks for putting this together. I do know that attendance has jumped up in quite a few programs this year as well (ticked up would have been understating the amount some teams have had increases-heck, even UConn is up over 700 fans a game this year).

 

[visitingcock]

Two things jump out at me with the awesome chart that @visitingcock composed:
1. The drop off from 2nd to 3rd is huge
2. SC doesn't appear until game 5, 11 and 13 and UConn doesn't appear until game 4, 7, 10

There are still quite a few marquee games left on the schedule that I do think will have 900K sets of eyeballs on them so thanks for putting this together. I do know that attendance has jumped up in quite a few programs this year as well (ticked up would have been understating the amount some teams have had increases-heck, even UConn is up over 700 fans a game this year).

I think this is pretty clearly the year of Caitlin and the Big Ten.

Notice that Indiana is in both million viewer games. That's pretty astounding because i don't think that many people were interested in Tennessee this year. Of course, Indiana IS a basketball state. Still, I don't see it as big an attraction as Caitlin and Indiana.

If SCar and UConn win out til they meet in about 2/3 weeks, that could be a biggie too.

 

[visitingcock]

Two things jump out at me with the awesome chart that @visitingcock composed:
1. The drop off from 2nd to 3rd is huge
2. SC doesn't appear until game 5, 11 and 13 and UConn doesn't appear until game 4, 7, 10

There are still quite a few marquee games left on the schedule that I do think will have 900K sets of eyeballs on them so thanks for putting this together. I do know that attendance has jumped up in quite a few programs this year as well (ticked up would have been understating the amount some teams have had increases-heck, even UConn is up over 700 fans a game this year).

Thank @awhom111 for his/her awesome work in gathering the data!

 

[BigTenGuy]

Are the numbers available for ACCN and SEC ESPN network games? Big Ten games on Peacock? Assuming numbers are low if can't find them.

 

[GamecockFam]

I could see South Carolina at LSU being jumping in somewhere between #1-3 on that list. ESPN will be hyping it up and, of course, it's a big matchup between heavyweights.

 

[visitingcock]

Are the numbers available for ACCN and SEC ESPN network games? Big Ten games on Peacock? Assuming numbers are low if can't find them.

As I understand it, games are only reported this year if there are over 100k viewers. Important SEC games and ACC games are usually shown on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU rather than the conference networks. I think some BTN games have been over 100k and some BTN tournaments games last year were over 200k.

I’m not aware of any of the streaming channels being over 100k but I could be wrong. Maybe @awhom111 csn provide a more accurate answer

 

[visitingcock]

I could see South Carolina at LSU being jumping in somewhere between #1-3 on that list. ESPN will be hyping it up and, of course, it's a big matchup between heavyweights.

Last year, undefeated LSU at Scar was bigger than anything so far this year. Indeed, the numbers were shocking. Not sure it will be that big this year , indeed, I doubt it. That LSU loss to Auburn will probably lessen the anticipation.

 

[visitingcock]

Two things jump out at me with the awesome chart that @visitingcock composed:
1. The drop off from 2nd to 3rd is huge
2. SC doesn't appear until game 5, 11 and 13 and UConn doesn't appear until game 4, 7, 10

There are still quite a few marquee games left on the schedule that I do think will have 900K sets of eyeballs on them so thanks for putting this together. I do know that attendance has jumped up in quite a few programs this year as well (ticked up would have been understating the amount some teams have had increases-heck, even UConn is up over 700 fans a game this year).

I @awhom111s tv viewership thread that got closed ( and for some unknown reason deleted) , I had added the known attendance figures for the games that had made the viewership list. Because it was deleted I can’t retrieve that info.

Generally, I agree that attendance is up. UConn is up 700 and they pretty much fill their home arenas. SCar is up over 1000 fans per home game ( not so much on the road). Iowa is sold out and has about 14,900 per home game PLUS they are packing them in for Big Ten road games. ( I think they may set a new record for total attendance). LSU sold out for season tickets but they haven’t really shown up with full attendance - which is understandable from the view of their home opponents thus far.

I expect the Big Ten to smash attendance records as it appears they smash their total viewership records

 

[Aluminny69]

IOWA VS. OSU GAME BREAKS VIEWERSHIP RECORD (3.9 MILLION)
NBC Release- Iowa Women's Basketball vs. Ohio State Breaks 14-Year Record
Sunday’s Big Ten women’s college basketball game on NBC and Peacock featuring Ohio State’s thrilling overtime victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa averaged 1.93 million viewers – with 1.86 million viewers on NBC stations, ranking as the most-watched regular season women’s college basketball game on any network since 2010.
Viewership peaked at 3.9 million viewers in overtime from 2:00-2:18 p.m. ET, as Ohio State pulled away and secured the 100-92 victory.

 

[CL82]

The past weekend's Iowa vs. Indiana Game drew a million viewers. It was the second game of the 2023-2024 season to exceed that mark. As far as I remember, only one game (LSU @ SCar) exceeded 1 million last year during the regular season. I hope we have a few more this year.

Here is a summary of the games that have exceeded 199,000 viewers to date. I believe our friend @awhom111 will be adding games through the end of the season. Perhaps we'll close it then and open a new thread to track the tournament viewership (?)

11/23/23 Tennessee @ Indiana FOX1 1.128 Million
1/13/24 Indiana @Iowa FOX 1.0043 Million

11/30/23 VaTech ESPN@ LSU 650,000
11/12/23 UConn @ NCState ABC 625,000
11/30/23 SCar @ UNC ESPN 610,000
12/07/2023 Iowa @ Iowa State 588,000
12/03/23 UConn v Texas 560,000
1/14 24 VaTech @ FSU ESPN 557,000
11/09/23 Iowa @ VaTech ESPN2 548,000
12/16/23 Louisville @ UConn FOX 520,000
11/12/23 Maryland at SCar ABC 496,000
12/30/23 Ohio State @ Michigan FOX 496,000
11/03/23 SCar @ Duke ABC 489,000
1/14 24 LSU at Auburn ESPN 471,000
12/30/23 Baylor @ Texas FOX 457,000
11/18/23 Illinois @ Notre Dame NBC 431,000
11/16/23 K-State @ Iowa FSI 415,000
11/19/23 Duke@ Stanford ABC 409,000
01/07/24 MSSt @ SCar ESPN 391,000
11/6/23 Notre Dame v SCar ESPN (Paris) 370,000
01/05/24 Iowa @ Rutgers BTN 315,000
01/07/24 LSU @ OleMiss ESPN 315,000

11/19/23 Drake @ Iowa FS1 281,000
12/10/23 UNC @ UConn ESPN 280,000
12/10/23 Utah v. SCar ESPN 267,000
11/16/23 Maryland @ UConn FS1 244,000
11/9/23 Tennessee @ FSU ESPN2 239,000
12/02/23 Bowling Green @ Iowa FS1 221,000
12/16/23 Cleveland State @ Iowa BTN 216,000
11/29/23 Notre Dame at Tennessee ESPN2 208,000
11/12/23 Indiana @ Stanford ESPN 203,000
12/10/23 Iowa @ Wisconsin BTN 199,000*

I love these. I think that they are really insightful looks into the current state of women's basketball. Thanks for compiling them!

 

[CL82]

Because it was deleted I can’t retrieve that info.

Nothing is ever really gone on the Internet.

Wayback Machine

web.archive.org

 

[maple]

The UConn/SC game happening on Super Bowl Sunday might mean they get a fair amount of eyeballs. Last year the match-up brought in 1.087 million viewers.

I must say I'm shocked about that TN/Indiana game having such an incredibly high number. But it's kinda neat.

 

[TheFarmFan]

IOWA VS. OSU GAME BREAKS VIEWERSHIP RECORD (3.9 MILLION)
NBC Release- Iowa Women's Basketball vs. Ohio State Breaks 14-Year Record
Sunday’s Big Ten women’s college basketball game on NBC and Peacock featuring Ohio State’s thrilling overtime victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa averaged 1.93 million viewers – with 1.86 million viewers on NBC stations, ranking as the most-watched regular season women’s college basketball game on any network since 2010.
Viewership peaked at 3.9 million viewers in overtime from 2:00-2:18 p.m. ET, as Ohio State pulled away and secured the 100-92 victory.

Do we think the last game to top it was the game when Stanford ended UConn's 90-game winning streak? Clearly I'm biased, but it's hard to think of a regular season game from that year that would have gotten more eyeballs.

Edited to add: appears so.

 

[visitingcock]

Jo

Do we think the last game to top it was the game when Stanford ended UConn's 90-game winning streak? Clearly I'm biased, but it's hard to think of a regular season game from that year that would have gotten more eyeballs.

Well Pat coached Tennessee all year in 2010 and some with assistance in 2011-2012.

 

[darrell]

 

[GamecockFam]

I've been wondering when the stats would come out. Thanks for the post! 1.56 million viewers and it beat out the NBA! Wow!

 

[Geew1992]

But no one’s watching

 

[Hester42]

I've been wondering when the stats would come out. Thanks for the post! 1.56 million viewers and it beat out the NBA! Wow!

On my Twitter all I saw was all these high profile athletes, commentators and even football folks tweeting over SC/LSU. The game was a fantastic display for great athletes, coaching from both teams in a electric environment.

 

[darrell]

On my Twitter all I saw was all these high profile athletes, commentators and even football folks tweeting over SC/LSU. The game was a fantastic display for great athletes, coaching from both teams in a electric environment.

It was most definitely “Game of the Year” so far.

 

[visitingcock]

Gameday in Baton Rouge had 368,000 viewers.

 

[visitingcock]

@awhom111's report from last weekend. Three biggies over 200k and the UNC v UVA was pretty good considering the channel!

1/27 Nebraska-Iowa BTN 421,000
1/27 Notre Dame-UConn FOX 779,000
1/28 UNC-Virginia CW 169,000
1/28 Tennessee-Ole Miss ESPN 201,000

 

[visitingcock]

Chart in original post 1 has been amended to include big games in January

 

[visitingcock]

01/29/04 LSU at MssSt ESPN2 351,000

 

[cancontent]

While the numbers aren't staggering, this was an interesting observation made that I saw on Twitter.