NBA regular season TV viewers 2019-2025
An average of 1.53 million viewers tuned in to watch NBA regular season games across ABC, ESPN and TNT in the 2024/25 season. This marked a slight decline in the number of viewers from the previous season.
Average TV viewership of the NBA regular season from 2019/20 to 2024/25 (in millions)
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Sports Media Watch. (April 11, 2025). Average TV viewership of the NBA regular season from 2019/20 to 2024/25 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/
Sports Media Watch. "Average TV viewership of the NBA regular season from 2019/20 to 2024/25 (in millions)." Chart. April 11, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/
Sports Media Watch. (2025). Average TV viewership of the NBA regular season from 2019/20 to 2024/25 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/
Sports Media Watch. "Average Tv Viewership of The Nba Regular Season from 2019/20 to 2024/25 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/
Sports Media Watch, Average TV viewership of the NBA regular season from 2019/20 to 2024/25 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/ (last visited June 08, 2025)
Average TV viewership of the NBA regular season from 2019/20 to 2024/25 (in millions) [Graph], Sports Media Watch, April 11, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/