By Emma SaundersLeisure reporter
Getty PhotosThis 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl was watched by a mean of 123.4 million folks within the US, making it essentially the most watched broadcast for the reason that 1969 Moon touchdown.
Preliminary US TV rankings put Sunday’s sport simply behind Apollo 11’s historic touchdown, which was seen by an estimated 125 to 150 million folks.
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in additional time.
Taylor Swift’s extremely anticipated attendance to observe boyfriend Travis Kelce might have boosted the figures.
There was a lot hypothesis within the run-up to the occasion about whether or not Swift would make it again from Japan, the place she had been acting on tour.
In response to Selection, there’s some debate over how a lot she affected viewers numbers, however client analysis agency Numerator concluded from a flash ballot that 20% of Tremendous Bowl viewers had been rooting for the Chiefs due to the singer’s relationship with Kelce.
The cameras had been actually having fun with the Swift issue, together with pictures of the star getting into the world, hanging out with actress Blake Energetic and rapper Ice Spice, and kissing Kelce after the match as they celebrated the win.
Of this 12 months’s viewers, 112 million of the 123.4 million common watched the sport on CBS, with the remaining tuning into Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision, CBS Sports activities and NFL digital channels.
In response to media analysts Nielsen, a file 202.4 million folks watched no less than a part of the sport.
This 12 months’s figures might have additionally been helped by the actual fact Nielsen has modified the way in which it counts folks watching out of their very own properties – for instance with associates or household, or in bars.
Final 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl sport between the Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles was watched by 115.1 million viewers.
Getty PhotosThe very fact the Chiefs had been defending their championship title plus Usher performing the half-time present had been additionally large attracts this 12 months.
The pop star’s friends included Alicia Keys, H.E.R., Will.i.am, Lil John, Ludacris and Jermaine Dupri.
Usher continued the celebrations later by getting married to his long-term companion Jennifer Goicoechea in Las Vegas, the place the Tremendous Bowl was held.
The couple acquired hitched at Vegas Weddings’ Terrace Gazebo, an out of doors marriage ceremony chapel that seats 30 friends, in accordance with Folks.
“We are able to affirm that Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea took the subsequent step of their relationship and did get married on Sunday evening in Las Vegas surrounded by shut family and friends,” a consultant for the singer advised the publication.
“They each look ahead to persevering with to lift their kids collectively surrounded by love and thank everybody for the nicely needs.”
