The 2025 version of the Oscars drew a smaller complete viewers than a 12 months in the past — however posted features amongst youthful viewers.
Sunday’s telecast, hosted by Conan O’Brien, averaged 18.07 million viewers on ABC and Hulu, in keeping with Nielsen quick nationwide rankings (which incorporates the streaming viewers on Hulu). The present marked the primary time the Academy Awards have been reside streamed, although Hulu suffered numerous technical glitches throughout the night, together with chopping off the ultimate two awards of the evening for some customers.
The overall viewers Sunday fell by about 7 p.c comparability to final 12 months’s present, which hit a four-year excessive of 19.49 million viewers on ABC, with no reside stream. Closing figures, which will probably be launched Tuesday, could pull the present slightly nearer to the 2024 tally.
Regardless of the general dip, although, Sunday’s Oscars posted features amongst adults 18-49 and adults 18-34, hitting a post-pandemic excessive within the latter demographic. The present posted a 3.92 score (equal to about 5.25 million folks) amongst adults 18-49, up from 3.82 a 12 months in the past and scoring the second finest mark since 2020 (the 2023 ceremony had a 4.03 score).
Amongst adults 18-34, the Oscars’ 3.17 score (equal to 2.27 million viewers in that age vary) was the very best for the present since 2020.
As is often the case, the Oscars is essentially the most watched awards present of the season so far, beating out the 15.4 million viewers for the Grammys a month in the past. It additionally edged the Grammys’ 3.91 score amongst adults 18-49. The telecast can also be the biggest primetime leisure present (i.e., excluding sports activities) on broadcast TV in 2024-25, once more taking the lead from the Grammys.
This story will probably be up to date as closing rankings figures grow to be accessible.