NFL dominates 2024 ratings despite 2.2% dip

(Photo credit: Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)Though its viewership took a 2.2 percent tumble in 2024, the NFL's numbers far eclipsed another other programming in U.S. broadcasting -- sports or otherwise.

Among the top 100 broadcasts in the U.S. in 2024, the NFL claimed 70 -- down from 93 the previous year.

Across all networks, the NFL averaged 17.5 million viewers, down