Netflix says it had an enormous viewers for its stay NFL video games on Christmas Day, with Nielsen rankings designating them “the most-streamed NFL video games in US historical past.” The Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers notched a 24.1M AMA (common minute viewers), whereas the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens hit 24.3M AMA, totaling almost 65 million whole viewers.
Though Netflix buckled below the burden of the greater than 60 million households that tuned into the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul final month, its techniques largely held up through the two NFL video games and star-studded performances from Mariah Carey and Beyoncé.
The NBA, which has historically aired basketball with out competitors from the NFL on the vacation, mentioned that regardless of the competing Netflix broadcasts, its slate of video games delivered the “most-watched Christmas Day in 5 years, averaging 5.25 million viewers per recreation within the U.S.” All 5 video games up year-over-year, with viewership total up 84 p.c from 2023.
On Wednesday, the NFL supplied a preliminary glimpse at viewership, saying the sport between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers had already develop into the second hottest stay title on Netflix and that one-third of Netflix’s viewers on the time had been watching that recreation.