NHL/hockey TV ratings 2024-25

[S E P H]

Baseball can be dying, but still get good viewership. The difference between this postseason compared to others is that the Dodgers and Yankees are making World Series Final pushes, which is contributing to the increased ratings. Those two teams are two of the biggest markets when it comes to baseball. With that said, baseball does have a serious attendance problem in places, and that has continued for at least the last half-decade. I write this not hating it by any means, if it survives then good on them considering I've read articles saying it has been dying for the last decade. Nonetheless, youth participation has been slowly declining from the reports I've read.

 

[Anisimovs AK]

Baseball can be dying, but still get good viewership. The difference between this postseason compared to others is that the Dodgers and Yankees are making World Series Final pushes, which is contributing to the increased ratings. Those two teams are two of the biggest markets when it comes to baseball. With that said, baseball does have a serious attendance problem in places, and that has continued for at least the last half-decade. I write this not hating it by any means, if it survives then good on them considering I've read articles saying it has been dying for the last decade. Nonetheless, youth participation has been slowly declining from the reports I've read.

Idk if you noticed this, but with the lack of an actual salary cap, the World Series is usually between two large markets. A CS game without those teams still gets 4.5-5.5 million viewers anyway. Their contribution is overblown. No sport is as market dependent as hockey is

 

[joelef]

A regular season NHL game getting beat by a winner take-all WNBA playoff game isn't news. It speaks to the WNBA's surge (good for them) more than anything to do with the NHL IMO.

No it’s embarrassing for the nhl

 

[S E P H]

Idk if you noticed this, but with the lack of an actual salary cap, the World Series is usually between two large markets. A CS game without those teams still gets 4.5-5.5 million viewers anyway. Their contribution is overblown. No sport is as market dependent as hockey is

That probably comes down to the grassroots level. More Americans simply play basketball, baseball, and throwball more than hockey growing up. It makes perfect sense why they would get more viewers, but I know a ton of casual fans in my life who only watch the World Series. With that said, that doesn't mean the sport doesn't have problems. Again, attendance has been a concern for the past five or so years, but they might be making up for it concerning their telly contract.

 

[joelef]

That probably comes down to the grassroots level. More Americans simply play basketball, baseball, and throwball more than hockey growing up. It makes perfect sense why they would get more viewers, but I know a ton of casual fans in my life who only watch the World Series. With that said, that doesn't mean the sport doesn't have problems. Again, attendance has been a concern for the past five or so years, but they might be making up for it concerning their telly contract.

It’s come down to marketing and cultural revelance