{"id":57057,"date":"2025-07-11T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/57057\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:26:09","slug":"nascar-secures-record-viewership-across-various-races-on-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/57057\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Secures Record Viewership Across Various Races on ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ratings Roundup is a rundown of recent rating news and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week\u2019s edition, ESPN\u2019s Formula 1 sees record viewership this year with a 19% viewership increase; Wimbledon gets its most-watched Day One in 22 years; and more.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-156839 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RatingsRoundup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"211\"  \/>Wimbledon 2025 ESPN Delivers Most-Watched Quarterfinals in Six Years<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quarterfinals\n<ul>\n<li>+25% vs 2024<\/li>\n<li>488K P2+ viewers on ESPN and ESPN2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Through quarterfinals vs. 2024\n<ul>\n<li>+237% engagement<\/li>\n<li>+25% viewership on ESPN+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NASCAR Cup Series Race on TNT\/TruTV Had 1.07 Household Rating with 2.1 Million Viewers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NCS: Round 2 of the inaugural In-Season Challenge simulcast across TNT\/TruTV from the Chicago Street Race combined to deliver a 1.07 household rating with 2.1 million viewers tuned in per minute, ranking NASCAR as the #1 sports event of the week on cable television\n<ul>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison, as last year this event was impacted by weather and aired on NBC<\/li>\n<li>Viewership was up +28% over last week\u2019s NCS race\n<ul>\n<li>TNT averaged 1.88 million viewers, up +21% over last week<\/li>\n<li>The TruTV Alt-Cast averaged 184,000 viewers, up 3X over last week, and accounted for 9% of the total linear audience, up from 4% last week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>At peak, 2.8 million viewers were tuned in 5P-5:15P near the conclusion of the race<\/li>\n<li>Big increase in younger P18-34 audience: up 84% vs. 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Sunday afternoon races on cable and up 87% vs. 2024 NASCAR Cup Series races on cable<\/li>\n<li>Share up 22% vs. 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Sunday afternoon races on cable and up 25% vs. 2024 NASCAR Cup Series races on cable<\/li>\n<li>Note: Linear viewership information does not include streaming viewership via MAX (which is not Nielsen-rated) or TNT Sports\u2019 authenticated connected apps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NXS: the event on The CW averaged a 0.60 household rating with 1.14 million viewers tuned in per minute\n<ul>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison, as last year this event aired on NBC<\/li>\n<li>This is the most-watched NXS race since Charlotte in May<\/li>\n<li>The race ranked as the #1 program of the week on The CW for the 17th of 18 NXS races this season (weather at Atlanta II last week)<\/li>\n<li>At peak, 1.3 million viewers were tuned in near the conclusion of the race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Weekend Motorsports, ranked by audience size:\n<ul>\n<li>NCS (Chicago): 2.063 million viewers on TNT\/TruTV<\/li>\n<li>Formula One (Great Britain): 1.547 million viewers on ESPN2<\/li>\n<li>NXS (Chicago): 1.137 million viewers on The CW<\/li>\n<li>IndyCar (Mid-Ohio): 775,000 viewers on FOX<\/li>\n<li>Motocross (Redbud): 391,000 viewers on NBC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>On social, Bleacher Report delivered more than double the views and engagements for content surrounding this past weekend\u2019s race in Chicago vs. last week\u2019s race in Atlanta\n<ul>\n<li>39 million views across Bleacher Report, B\/R Racing and House of Highlights social platforms, up 130% week over week<\/li>\n<li>73% of Bleacher Report\u2019s and House of Highlights\u2019 audience is under 34 years old<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 \u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Aired Sunday, July 6th on TNT\/TruTV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> No direct comparison; The 2024 event was impacted by rain and aired on NBC<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. Rating \u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 1.07 on TNT\/TruTV<\/li>\n<li>No direct comparison (NBC in 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avg. Viewers (000) (all ages P2+)\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 2,063 (2.1 million)<\/li>\n<li>No direct comparison (NBC in 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>NASCAR Xfinity Series The Loop 110 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Aired Saturday, July 5th on The CW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> No direct comparison; The 2024 event aired on NBC \u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>U.S. Rating \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 0.60 on The CW<\/li>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison (NBC in 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avg. Viewers (000) (all ages P2+)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 1,137 (1.1 million)<\/li>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison (NBC in 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FOX MLB Produces Its Second Most-Watched Baseball Telecast This Season<\/p>\n<p>2.51 million viewers tuned in to BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA for a two-game slate, highlighted by the Houston Astros\u2019 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FOX\u2019s second most-watched Major League Baseball telecast this season<\/li>\n<li>Up +34% over last year\u2019s average for MLB telecasts on FOX (vs. 1.88M)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL is having its best season through the first weekend of July since 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ESPN Formula 1 Coverage Enjoying Record-Breaking Season of Viewership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ESPN2\u2019s live telecast of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix on Sunday, July 6, averaged 1.5 million viewers, a 19 percent audience gain over last year\u2019s race and the largest audience ever for the event on U.S. television, per Nielsen. The audience peaked at 1.8 million between 11:30-11:45 a.m. ET as Lando Norris closed out a popular first home country win.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven of 12 races held so far this season have had year-over-year viewership growth and seven of the 12 have set event viewership records.<\/p>\n<p>The British Grand Prix audience was up from last year\u2019s viewership of 1.3 million, which at the time was the largest ever for the race. The race also averaged 629,000 viewers in the Persons ages 18-49 demographic.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 12 F1 races held so far this season, all but one (Miami) have seen year-over-year viewership increases and seven of the 12 (Australia, China, Monaco, Spain, Canada, Austria and Britain) scored event record audiences. The audience for the Monaco Grand Prix was the third-largest live audience ever for a Formula 1 race on U.S. television.<\/p>\n<p>Across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, F1 races are averaging 1.3 million viewers, up seven percent over the season-to-date average for the 2024 season and up 17 percent over the full 2024 season average.<\/p>\n<p>In the younger demographic of Persons ages 18-49, races are averaging 511,000 viewers, up 14 percent over the 2024 season to date average and up 24 percent over the full 2024 season average.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN Serves Wimbledon\u2019s Most-Watched First Round in Eight Years<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Averaging 571,000 viewers P2+, up 43% vs. 2024<\/li>\n<li>Day Two audience (604,000 viewers P2+), up 48% vs. 2024\n<ul>\n<li>Best non-July 4th Day Two since 2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ESPN Records its Most-Watched Day One of Wimbledon in 22 Years Since Airing Iconic Tournament<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>539,000 average viewers P2+<\/li>\n<li>Viewership up 37% vs. 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Sunday Night Baseball Featuring the Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers Averaged 2 Million Viewers \u2013 Up 66% From Last Year\u2019s Comparable Game<\/p>\n<p>ESPN is generating its largest Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Capital One audience in eight years, since 2017, according to Nielsen. Through 14 games, Sunday Night Baseball is averaging 1,750,000 million viewers, up 11 percent from last year.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s coverage of Detroit\u2019s 3-0 victory over Minnesota on the June 29 edition of Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Capital One averaged two million viewers (2,020,000). The audience peaked with 2,304,000 viewers in the 9:15 p.m. ET quarter hour. Viewership for the Twins vs. Tigers game broadcast was up 66 percent from last year\u2019s comparable Sunday Night Baseball game (Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to ESPN\u2019s Sunday Night Baseball success, the company also delivered the largest national Opening Day audience in seven years on March 27 (Brewers vs. Yankees).<\/p>\n<p>On deck: Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Capital One continues on 4th of July weekend, July 6, with a special doubleheader on ESPN. At 6 p.m. ET <strong>Nolan Arenado<\/strong> and the St. Louis Cardinals will face <strong>Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/strong> and the Chicago Cubs from Wrigley Field. The second game of the July 6 doubleheader will feature <strong>Corey Seager<\/strong> and the Texas Rangers visiting <strong>Fernando Tat\u00eds Jr.<\/strong> and the San Diego Padres, at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Viewership Information from James Hallas Regarding Races at Atlanta II and Lime Rock.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NCS: Round 1 of the inaugural In-Season Challenge simulcast across TNT\/TruTV at Atlanta combined to deliver a 0.82 household rating with 1.61 million viewers tuned in per minute\n<ul>\n<li>NCS ranked as the #1 sports event Saturday on cable television, and ranked as the #2 sports event of the weekend overall on cable behind only MLB Sunday Night on ESPN (1.86 million)<\/li>\n<li>The race was red-flagged on lap 43 due to weather, which resulted in a mid-race delay between 7:45P-8:15P. Viewership dropped -16% in the 7:45P-8P quarter hour from 7:30P-7:45P. Due to the short duration of the delay, rain coverage remains in the final ratings data. The race resumed shortly before 8:15P and aired until conclusion at 11:31P<\/li>\n<li>At peak, 1.8 million viewers were tuned into TNT\/TruTV from 9:45P-10P<\/li>\n<li>For additional context, the most recent NCS race to air Saturday night in prime was 2024 Bristol (USA Network) which averaged 1.86 million viewers. Also, the 2024 Clash at the Coliseum, which aired Saturday night in prime on cable (FS1) averaged 1.51 million viewers<\/li>\n<li>Note: Linear viewership information does not include streaming viewership via MAX (which is not Nielsen-rated) or TNT Sports\u2019 authenticated connected apps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NXS: Friday night\u2019s weather-impacted event at Atlanta averaged a 0.33 household rating on The CW with 583,000 viewers tuned in per minute\n<ul>\n<li>Weather delayed the start of Friday\u2019s race by approximately one hour. The race was also red-flagged on Lap 36 due to another threat of weather, which caused a mid-race delay from approximately 9:03P-10:32P\n<ul>\n<li>Rain coverage on The CW averaged 513,000 viewers per minute from 9:03P-10:32P<\/li>\n<li>Note: Weather-impacted time frames are excluded from overall NXS viewership averages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>At peak, 936,000 viewers were tuned in prior to the mid-race weather delay just after 9P<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NCTS: Saturday\u2019s event at Lime Rock earned a 0.36 household rating on FOX, with an average of 616,000 viewers tuned in per minute\n<ul>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison; No NCTS races on FOX in 2024<\/li>\n<li>For context, viewership was up +11% over the 2025 NCTS race average to-date<\/li>\n<li>At peak, 762,000 viewers were tuned in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Weekend Motorsports, ranked by audience size:\n<ul>\n<li>NCS (Atlanta II): 1.608 million viewers on TNT\/TruTv<\/li>\n<li>Formula One (Austria): 1.103 million viewers on ESPN<\/li>\n<li>NHRA (Norwalk): 674,000 viewers on FOX<\/li>\n<li>NCTS (Lime Rock): 616,000 viewers on FOX<\/li>\n<li>NXS (Atlanta II): 583,000 viewers on The CW (weather-impacted)<\/li>\n<li>ARCA (Lime Rock): 78,000 viewers on FS2<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 \u2013<\/strong>Aired Saturday, June 28th on TNT\/TruTV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes: <\/strong>No direct YOY comparison; First race on TNT\/TruTV in 2025; First leg of inaugural In-Season Challenge<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Linear viewership information does not include streaming viewership via MAX (which is not Nielsen-rated) or TNT Sports\u2019 authenticated connected apps.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. Rating \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 0.82 on TNT\/TruTv<\/li>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avg. Viewers (000) (all ages P2+)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 1,608 (1.6 million)<\/li>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Aired Friday, June 27th on The CW<br \/>Notes: Race was impacted by weather, delaying start approx. one hour, and mid-race for approx. 90 minutes following red flag on Lap 36<br \/>Weather impacted times are excluded from ratings \u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. Rating \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 0.33 on The CW<\/li>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison (weather in 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avg. Viewers (000) (all ages P2+)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 583 (583,000)<\/li>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison (weather in 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series LiUNA! 150 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Aired Saturday, June 28th on FOX<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. Rating \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2025: 0.36 on FOX<\/li>\n<li>No direct YOY comparison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avg. 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