The statistic shows figures on the daily viewership of Rio 2016 Olympics in the United States. The Closing Ceremony was watched by ***** million viewers. An average minute of the broadcast was watched by **** percent of adults aged 18 to 49. In total, ** percent of the age group tuned in.

Olympics TV viewership – additional information

The Olympic Games is one of the largest events in the sporting calendar, attracting millions of TV viewers when it takes place every four years. The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil drew in an average of **** million primetime viewers in the United States, which marks a decrease of *** million viewers from the 2012 Olympics in London. The Games in 2016 also saw a fall in the number of those who watched the Opening Ceremony. The ***** million television viewers who watched the opening ceremony in Rio is a fall from the record **** million viewers who watched the opening of the London Olympic Games in 2012.

During the Olympic Games in 2016, the peak TV viewership figures came on August 9, with ***** million tuning in to NBC to watch the day’s action, the equivalent of a ** percent share. This coincided with a successful day for the U.S. team, with *** gold medals being won in the pool and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team taking gold in the Women’s Team Final. August 11 was the only other day during the Rio Olympics that TV viewership topped ** million, as ***** million spectators watched Simone Biles win gold in Women’s Individual All-Around Gymnastics Final, with teammate Aly Raisman taking silver. This day also brought further success for the U.S. team in the pool as the women’s * x 200m freestyle relay team took gold ahead of Australia.

The decrease in Olympic TV viewership in 2016 compared to previous years illustrates the increasing use of other digital platforms, with ** percent of Olympic fans stating that they use their PC/laptop to watch sports coverage in the second quarter of 2016. This means that, by the Closing Ceremony of the Rio Olympics in 2016, over *** billion minutes of Rio 2016 coverage had been live streamed from NBC Olympics digital platforms.

Between 2012 and 2020, the global TV broadcast audience of the Olympic Summer Games declined. The 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo, which actually took place in 2021, had a global audience of approximately **** billion, down from *** billion five years earlier.

During the Paris 2024 Olympics, around five billion individuals worldwide followed proceedings either through broadcast or digital channels. Meanwhile, there were close to half a billion hours of coverage across broadcast and digital platforms.

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris drew **** million U.S. TV viewers, making this broadcast the most watched opening ceremony for a Summer Olympics since 2012. That year, the opening ceremony had the highest U.S. viewership in the period from 1988 to 2024, with a total of about **** million people. Decline in Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony viewership The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro drew an average audience of **** million viewers in the United States, a decrease of over ** million viewers from the previous Games held in London in 2012. This meant that the U.S. TV ratings for the opening ceremony in Rio stood at ****, *** lower than for the opening ceremony at London 2012. The highest opening ceremony ratings were seen during the two Olympic Games held in the United States, as the opening ceremony at the 1984 games in Los Angeles had a rating of **** and the 1996 games in Atlanta earned a rating of ****. The Rio Games also saw a decrease in the average number of primetime TV viewers in the United States, with an average of **** million viewers tuning into the action in 2016, in comparison to **** million during London 2012.Despite the reduced viewing figures for the opening ceremony in Rio, the daily viewership numbers did increase throughout the Games, with a peak audience of over ** million turning on NBC on August 9 to see the U.S. team win two gold medals in the pool and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team take gold in the Women’s Team Final. In contrast, only ***** million watched the Rio closing ceremony on NBC on August 21.

This statistic shows the total cumulative time spent watching the Olympic Games worldwide from 2000 to 2016. In 2016, viewers spent a cumulative 30 billion hours watching the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Nearly one half of Russians watched broadcasts of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that took place from July 23 to August 8, 2021. Of them, the majority only tuned in to watch the sports disciplines they were interested in. The Tokyo 2020 viewership was lower compared to the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.

The statistic shows data on the digital sports viewership among Olympic fans worldwide as of the second quarter of 2016, by device. During the survey carried out in the second quarter of 2016, ** percent of responding Olympic fans aged 16 to 64 stated they had watched sports coverage on their tablet during the month leading up to the survey.

The statistic shows the daily peak number of viewers of Rio 2016 Olympics in Canada. On August 14, 2016, the CBC recorded a peak number of 6.9 million Canadian viewers who tuned in to watch Andre De Grasse win bronze in the Men's 100m race. Olympic’s TV coverage in Canada – additional information Between August 5, 2016 and August 21, 2016, the Rio 2016 Olympics drew a total of 32 million Canadian TV viewers. While most of the popular games revolved around field events, the event with the highest number of daily TV viewers took place on August 18, with more than seven million people witnessing the Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse win silver in the Men’s 200m race. Trailing slightly behind was another event featuring De Grass in the Men’s 100m on August 14, with 6.9 million viewers. The Olympics viewing was not only limited to TV; many fans tuned in through other channels and supported their teams on social media. Between Friday’s Opening Ceremony and Sunday night, the broadcaster’s opening weekend digital coverage via CBC.ca/Olympics raked in nearly 24 million page views and more than three million video views. The Olympics fever continued with a strong online presence, as the TeamCanada hashtag generated almost 490 million online impressions during the 2016 Rio Olympics. With regards to the Olympic Games TV coverage, the Winter Olympics, in general, attracted more Canadian viewers than the Summer Olympics. Sochi 2014, for example, recorded an average of 1.5 million viewers, whereas there were 1.27 million Rio viewers in Canada. Compared to the last Summer Olympics in London, Rio Olympics were slightly in lead, in terms of total viewers, but the average number of viewers of the Opening Ceremony dropped from six million in 2012 to four million in 2016.

The statistic shows how much of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio U.S. citizens expected to watch. 38 percent of survey respondents said that they expected to watch a few events.

The average number of viewers of all Tokyo 2020 Olympics broadcasts on television in Russia from July 23 to August 8, 2021 represented 0.56 percent of the country's population between 18 and 55 years old living in large cities. This indicator, referred to as the television rating (TVR), decreased compared to Rio 2016 Olympics viewership.

The statistic shows poll results of U.S. citizens on whether the selection of Rio de Janeiro as host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics was a good decision or not. 23 percent of survey respondents said that they thought it was a good decision to select Rio as the host city for the Summer Olympics in 2016.

The statistic shows how concerned U.S. survey respondents were in regard to athletes contracting the Zika virus at the Summer Olympic Games 2016 in Rio. 21 percent of survey respondents said that they were very concerned about the possibility of Olympic athletes contracting the Zika virus. Brazil had seen a sharp rise in cases of microcephaly among newborns in 2015 believed to be connected with the spreading of the Zika virus.

This statistic shows the television audience of the opening ceremony to the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games in Spain. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games were watched by approximately *** million people in Spain. This figure not only represented a decrease of more than ************ TV viewers compared to the previous Olympic games, but also was the lowest audience of the measured period.

The statistic shows the share of the 2016 Rio Olympics organizing committee's expenses by function. 26 percent of the expenses is attributable to administration and commercial.

The statistic shows how confident survey respondents felt that all the stadium and event locations for the Summer Olympics 2016 will be ready for the start of the games. 19 percent of survey respondents said that they were somewhat confident that all the stadiums and event locations in Rio de Janeiro would be completed before the games start.

The statistic presents the distribution of Rio 2016 viewers on YouTube worldwide, broken down by gender and age. Women aged 18 to 24 accounted for 11 percent of YouTube Rio 2016 audience.

The statistic shows how concerned U.S. survey respondents were about the risk of Americans traveling to Brazil for the Olympics then bringing back the Zika virus to the United States. 31 percent of survey respondents said that they thought it was a big risk that Americans traveling to the Olympics in Rio would bring back the Zika virus with them to the United States. In 2015, Brazil saw a sharp rise in cases of microcephaly among newborns believed to be connected with the spreading of the Zika virus.

The statistic illustrates the ticket prices for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics by category in U.S. dollars. A ticket for the closing ceremony in category D had a price of 182 U.S. dollars.

The statistic shows leading countries viewing Rio 2016 on YouTube as of August 2016. Viewers from Brazil made 15 percent of the YouTube Rio 2016 audience as of August 2016.

Throughout modern Olympic history, the 100 meter sprint is generally regarded as the most high profile and popular event of each Summer Games. The men's event has been included in every Olympics, while the women's event has been included since 1928. Athletes from the United States have won both events more than any other nation, with sixteen victories in the men's race and nine in the women's, although Jamaica has emerged as a sprinting superpower since the millennium. World's fastest man The only athlete to ever win three Olympic golds in the 100m sprint was Jamaica's Usain Bolt, who also set the current world record of 9.58 seconds in 2009. In 2016, Bolt even became the first athlete to ever win a "triple-triple" in sprinting, by claiming gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m in three consecutive Olympics; however his 2008 gold medal in the 4x100m was rescinded in 2017 when a teammate tested positive for banned substances. Despite this, Bolt is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time, with eight gold medals to his name, winning every Olympic final in which he participated. World's fastest woman The fastest woman of all time was Florence Griffith-Joyner, whose world record of 10.49 seconds has stood since 1988. "Flo-Jo" also set an Olympic record of 10.62 seconds in 1988 (often given as 10.52, but with a wind assistance of +1.0 seconds); this record stood for 33 years before Elaine Thompson Herah topped it by 0.01 seconds at the Tokyo 2020 Games.