Fox reveals Super Bowl 2025 was the most-watched ever as the Chiefs crumbled against the Eagles Once again, the Super Bowl has shattered the record for the most-watched television event in American history.
The highest rated Super Bowl broadcast was in 1982 for Super Bowl XVI - when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.
Super Bowl LIX delivered an average viewership of 126million people, according to Fox's projections which include Nielsen data.
Additionally, Fox reported peak viewership in the second quarter of 135.7million viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes, Tubi, Telemundo, and NFL Digital.
That average breaks the old record which was only just set last year with the CBS broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII.
