NEW YORK (AP) — The average viewer numbers for the Super Bowl 60 win by the Seattle Seahawks over the New England Patriots increased to 125.6 million after Nielsen released its final viewer figures on Thursday for the Feb. 8 game.
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It was a 700,000 increase from the original number of 124.9 million, which was released on Feb. 10.
Nielsen attributed the update to a Big Data provider not properly collecting data from its devices on Feb. 8. Nielsen began using its Big Data + Panel methodology for all events last September with the start of the current television season.
Seattle’s 29-13 victory over New England was on NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital, and NFL+.
That fell short of the 127.7 million U.S. viewers that tuned in for Philadelphia’s 40-22 victory over Kansas City last year on Fox.
The audience for Super Bowl 60 peaked at 137.8 million viewers during the second quarter (7:45-8 p.m. Eastern), which is a record. That surpassed the previous mark of 137.7 million during the second quarter of last year’s Super Bowl.
Super Bowl 60 is also the most-watched program in NBC history. The network is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
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