The average number of Formula One (F1) racing TV viewers worldwide per Grand Prix in 2021 stood at **** million. This represents a decrease from the previous year's average value of **** million viewers per Grand Prix.
The 2024 F1 World Championship attracted an average TV audience of *** million in the United States, representing no change on the previous year. Meanwhile, the 2022 F1 season drew an average U.S. TV audience of *** million, representing an all-time record.
This statistic illustrates the number of Formula One (F1) racing TV viewers worldwide from 2008 to 2021. According to the source, the global audience for Formula One in 2021 stood at *** million viewers, an increase of roughly three percent to the previous year.
In the U.S., the average Formula 1 viewership per race generally increased between 2017 and 2023, reaching over 1.1 million in 2022 and 2023. While the number decreased during 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the figure grew again after that year.
In the 2021 season, an average of roughly **** million TV viewers watched the broadcast of the Formula 1 season. This is a decrease of about half a million.
The Formula One average TV audience rose significantly between 1987 and 2000, then it experienced a decreasing trend until 2019. The highest figure was recorded in 2000, when the TV audience peaked at **** million, a remarkable increase compared to the *** million viewers of 1987. Whereas the TV audience reached **** million in 2001, since this year the number of viewers started to go down. Especially, the TV audience dropped remarkably in 2013. Since that year, it was only possible to watch live races on pay-TVs, while free-to-air channels just showed the catch-ups. In 2018, it was then recorded the lowest figure since 1987, namely *** million viewers. In 2019, the TV audience slightly rose to *** million.
The statistic shows the United States F1 Grand Prix TV audience in Italy from 2012 to 2016. As of the survey period, the average television audience of the United States F1 Grand Prix peaked at about *** million viewers in 2012. The last edition of the Grand Prix registered about *** million viewers, an increase compared to 2016.
The statistic shows the FIA Formula One World Championship Singapore Grand Prix television audience in Italy in 2018 and 2019. In 2019, the live event on Sky was watched by *** million viewers on average, while Tv8 broadcasted the competition reporting a viewership of *** million people.
In Italy, the Monaco Grand Prix of Formula One World Championship was live broadcasted on Sky and Tv8, where it was reported the highest audience. In 2019, the average number of viewers on Tv8 amounted to **** millions.
The statistic shows the MotoGP World Championship average television audience in Italy from 2012 to 2016. As of the survey period, the average television audience of the MotoGP World Championship decreased from about *** million viewers in 2012, to about **** million viewers in 2016.
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The average number of Formula One (F1) racing TV viewers worldwide per Grand Prix in 2021 stood at **** million. This represents a decrease from the previous year's average value of **** million viewers per Grand Prix.