Combined Viewership Across TV and Digital Up +15% vs. 2017 Week 10 ‘Thursday Night Football’ Matchup
Panthers-Steelers on FOX, NFL Network & FOX Deportes Scores an 8.9 HH Rating and 14.8 Million Nielsen-Measured Viewers – Up +12% and +13% vs. 2017 Week 10 ‘Thursday Night Football’ Game
Average Minute Audience on All Digital Platforms, Including Amazon, Hits 782K – Up +105% vs. 2017 Week 10 ‘Thursday Night Football’ Game
Thursday Night Football Presented by Bud Light on Thursday, November 8 featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 52-21 win over the Carolina Panthers in Week 10 was seen by an average audience of 15.4 million viewers across all platforms, including FOX, NFL Network, FOX Deportes, NFL digital, FOX Sports digital, Amazon and Yahoo Sports – up +15% versus last year’s Week 10 Thursday Night Football matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals, and up +8% versus the 2017 10-game Thursday Night Football average (TV + digital).
The Nielsen-measured audience was 14.8 million viewers – up +13% versus the 2017 Week 10 Thursday Night Football game (13.1 million) and up +7% versus the 2017 10-game Thursday Night Football average on CBS/NBC and NFL Network (13.8 million). Additionally, Panthers-Steelers averaged an 8.9 HH rating – up +12% versus last year’s Seahawks-Cardinals matchup (7.9 HH rating) and +6% versus the 2017 10-game Thursday Night Football average (8.4 HH rating).
Digital streaming across Amazon Prime Video, Twitch, NFL digital platforms, FOX Sports digital platforms and Yahoo Sports produced an average minute audience of 782K – an increase of +105% vs. last year’s Week 10 Thursday Night Football matchup between the Seahawks and Cardinals (381K) and +78% vs. the 2017 10-game average (439K).
Amazon Prime Video and Twitch reached a total of 2.2 million combined viewers worldwide for the FOX NFL Thursday pregame show and the Panthers-Steelers game. For the Panthers-Steelers game alone, 2.0 million worldwide viewers initiated a stream on Prime Video or Twitch. The average worldwide audience watching Thursday Night Football for at least 30 seconds on Prime Video or Twitch was 540K.
The 2018 Thursday Night Football Presented by Bud Light season continues Thursday, November 15 when quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers travel to face quarterback Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks on FOX, NFL Network and Amazon Prime Video. Coverage from Seattle begins at 6:00 PM ET on NFL Network with NFL GameDay Kickoff.
SOURCE: NFL Media
