Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL video games pulled in additional than 64 million viewers

Netflix says it had a giant viewers for its reside NFL video games on Christmas Day, with Nielsen rankings designating them “the most-streamed NFL video games in US historical past.” The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers notched a 24.1M AMA (common minute viewers), whereas the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens hit 24.3M AMA, totaling almost 65 million whole viewers.

Although Netflix buckled beneath the burden of the greater than 60 million households that tuned into the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul final month, its methods principally held up throughout the two NFL video games and star-studded performances from Mariah Carey and Beyoncé.

The NBA, which has historically aired basketball with out competitors from the NFL on the vacation, mentioned that regardless of the competing Netflix broadcasts, its slate of video games delivered the “most-watched Christmas Day in 5 years, averaging 5.25 million viewers per recreation within the U.S.” All 5 video games up year-over-year, with viewership general up 84 p.c from 2023.

On Wednesday, the NFL supplied a preliminary glimpse at viewership, saying the sport between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers had already turn out to be the second hottest reside title on Netflix and that one-third of Netflix’s viewers on the time have been watching that recreation.