Regular Season Averages 1.53M Viewers Across ABC, ESPN, TNT; Down 2% From Last Year
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 5:28 am
The 2024-25 regular season averaged 1.53 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, and TNT, representing a 2% decrease from last year.
Since the trade deadline, games averaged 1.51 million viewers. That number represents a 16% increase from before the deadline when excluding Opening Night and Christmas Day.
ESPN and ABC viewership combined for an average of 1.71 million viewers, representing a 10% increase for ABC.
Viewership on ESPN and TNT was down 7% from last year.
The ten most-viewed games this season were the five Christmas games, the Opening Night doubleheader, the Bucks-Thunder NBA Cup Final, Lakers-Celtics on March 8 (4.6 million viewers) and Lakers-Warriors on January 25 (3.0 million viewers).