The National Football League comprises 32 teams from across the United States competing in two conferences split roughly by region. The NFL is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States, with televised games attracting millions of viewers each week. This survey depicts the level of interest in the NFL in the United States, and it showed that 42 percent of Black respondents were avid fans of the NFL as of April 2023.

As of August 2023, around half of NFL fans aged 18-29 were white. Meanwhile, 14 percent of NFL fans aged 30 or older were Black, while this figure stood at 16 percent among those aged 18 to 29.

The National Football League comprises 32 teams from across the United States competing in two conferences split roughly by region. The NFL is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States, with televised games attracting millions of viewers each week. A January 2025 survey found that 32 percent of Americans aged 34 to 54 considered the NFL to be their top interest.

During a September 2024 survey in the United States, almost 30 percent of respondents aged 18 to 24 stated that they planned to watch fewer NFL games compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, 19 percent of respondents aged 25 to 44 stated that they intended to watch more NFL games.

An August 2022 survey in the United States revealed that respondents were fairly divided about their intentions to tune into the new NFL season. While 47 percent of male respondents planned to watch NFL games on TV in the new season, just over 50 percent of female respondents stated that they had no intention of doing so.

The NFL is one of the most widely televised sporting leagues in the world. The average television viewership of a regular season NFL game in 2024 was calculated to be **** million. Attendance In addition to this record-breaking TV viewership, the NFL attracts thousands of fans to the stadiums each week to see their favorite teams in action. The NFL has consistently been the major American sports league with the highest average attendance, with an average of almost ** thousand people attending each game in the 2023 season. Moreover, during the 2024 regular season, the average total home attendance per team across the entire NFL was calculated to be *******. The franchise with the highest total attendance for its eight regular-season home games was the Dallas Cowboys, perhaps in part to their comparatively reasonably priced tickets, costing nearly *** U.S. dollars on average, just less than the average ticket price across the NFL at *** U.S. dollars per ticket. Best players Since 1957, the Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award has been given to the NFL player considered to have been the most outstanding during the season. Since the award's introduction, Peyton Manning has received the award the greatest number of times during his career, closely followed by Aaron Rodgers, who has received the award on **** occasions. One other potential indicator of the success of an NFL player is their annual salary. The highest-paid NFL player in 2024 was Dak Prescott, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, who earned **** million U.S. dollars from salary and bonuses and ** million U.S. dollars from endorsement deals during the 2024 season.

The Detroit Lions were the most watched team in the NFL in the 2024 regular season, with their games drawing in an average TV audience of over ** million fans. Meanwhile, the regular season games of the Philadelphia Eagles, the winners of the Super Bowl that year, averaged just over **** million viewers.

In the 2023 NFL season, the average number of a "Thursday Night Football" (TNF) game exclusively available on Amazon Prime Video peaked at around 11.86 million in the U.S., up from 9.58 million in the previous season. Younger audiences in particular tend to watch NFL games on streaming services. Among the age group 18 to 49 years, the viewership of TNF grew by around 800,000 between 2022 and 2023.

This graph shows the share of internet users who watch NFL in the United States in 2015 by age group. According to the source, 59 percent of viewers aged 45-54 watched NFL coverage in the fourth quarter of 2014.

In 2022, the average viewership of NFL games at primetime in the United States sank to *** million. This continued the trend of decline in primetime viewership that began in 2002 and was constant except for the years 2006, 2008, and 2013, when there were slight increases in the number of viewers. In comparison, the average television viewership of the NFL regular season only reached below ** million once between 2010 and 2023.

The statistic shows figures on the television ratings and viewership figures for NFL games in the United States from September 11 (week 1) to February 5, 2017 (Super Bowl). The game in week nine between the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders, broadcast on NBC, was watched by a total of 18.3 million viewers. The final and most important game of the season, the Super Bowl, was watched by over 111 million people in the United States. The most-watched Super Bowl since 1990 was Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, which was contested between the New England and the Seattle Seahawks. The game was watched by over 114 million people across the United States, giving it a household rating of 47.5.

Figures for the 2017/18 season can be found here.

This graph shows the distribution of the NFL regular season television audience during 2013 by race or ethnicity. The share of Hispanic television viewers for the 2013 NFL regular season was eight percent.

American Football is one of the most popular sports in the United States, enjoyed by thousands of people live in the stadiums and millions more back home. The highest league in the land is the NFL, which consists of 32 teams divided equally into two conferences. At the end of the season, the two best-performing teams compete for the ultimate prize at the Super Bowl. During a 2020 survey in the United States, 38 percent of NFL fans stated that they were Democrats.

A January 2023 survey illustrated the average weekly viewership of National Football League games by respondents of different ethnicities in the United States. According to the survey, 30 percent of Asian respondents stated that they spent between two and four hours a week following NFL games, whereas this figure amounted to 23 percent for white survey participants. Meanwhile, 29 percent of African American/Black and Latino respondents spent between two and four hours weekly watching football.

The Super Bowl is the highlight of the NFL season, watched by millions in the United States and many more across the world. During an early-2024 survey in the United States, over half of respondents stated that it was likely that they would watch Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024. The share of people who plan to watch the Super Bowl was the highest among 30 to 44-year-olds.

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional football league in the United States comprising 32 teams spread out over two conferences. As one of the biggest professional sports leagues in the country, it is no surprise that the NFL attracts fans from all walks of life. In a 2020 survey, it was found that ** percent of Los Angeles fans were Hispanic, while ** percent were Black.

There are millions of sports fans across the United States, from religiously following an NFL team to being avid tennis fans or watching every Formula One Grand Prix. During an April 2023 survey in the United States, 37 percent of respondents aged 35 to 44 stated that they were avid sports fans. This figure dropped to 17 percent among respondents aged 65 and older.

The statistic shows figures on the television ratings and viewership figures for NFL games in the United States in the 2017/18 season. The week one game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots was watched by almost 21.8 million viewers, and had a household rating of 12.6. The viewership figures and ratings for the 2016/17 season can be found here.

The statistic shows figures on the television ratings and viewership figures for NFL games in the United States in the 2015/16 season. The week one game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots was watched by 27.4 million viewers, and had a household rating of 16.2. The viewership figures and ratings for the 2016/17 season can be found here.

As of March 2024, NASCAR fans in the United States tended to be younger on average than the general population, with most fans being aged under 44. Only 16 percent of NASCAR fans were aged 65 and over, compared to 21 percent of the wider U.S. population.