US TV Ratings

[The_Wookie]

If anyone wonders, Brian Barrish at the USAFL has put an article together on AFL ratings in the US.

http://usafl.com/blogs/brian-barrish/20160524/examining-american-afl-tv-ratings

Since FS1 began showing matches in Round 3, approximately 43,000 people have tuned in to watch AFL games on FS1 and FS2 each week, with about 24,500 of them in the 18-49 year old demographic.

There have been seven games shown on Fox Sports 1, averaging 34,000 viewers a game, with a shade under 20,000 in the 18-49 demo. The trend was downward since holding steady from rounds three through five -- 39-39-40-31-25-25 – but rebounded this past weekend when approximately 40,000 people watched Port Adelaide take on West Coast this past Saturday. That game began at 2:30am on the east coast Saturday, which was an 11:30pm Friday start Pacific Time.

As I mentioned above, these are average ratings over the course of the match broadcast. However, I was able to find partial numbers that are also pretty encouraging. Approximately 70,000 American viewers were watching the first hour of the Round 5 match between Richmond and Melbourne, which began at 5am on Sunday, April 24th. The number for the 18-49 year old viewers? About 48,000.