NHL/hockey TV ratings 2024-25

[Brodie]

NHL , a league supposedly part of the major 4, having there opening games get beaten out by the wnba is absolutely embarrassing no matter how you spin it.

If the NHL can't exist in a market where more than four professional sports leagues are popular, then it's time for the NHL to just fold up. It's over.

Obviously, that's absurd, it's totally fine to be beaten by WNBA games and NBA preseason games and Mexican soccer games. All of that can happen and the NHL can be fine simultaneously

 

[Reaser]

-CANADA-
*Prime Monday Night Hockey*

Lightning-Leafs: 726k

AMA

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on ESPN avg viewership last night-

Capitals-Flyers: 477k
Avalanche-Kraken: 422k
Kings-Golden Knights: 245k

espn2 Frozen Frenzy: 83k

Edit: Was to add Frozen Frenzy #.

 

[Coinneach]

NHL TV ratings 2024/25

October:

Blues-Kraken: 348k (ESPN)
Bruins-Panthers: 790k (ESPN, non-exclusive)
Blackhawks-Utah: 522k (ESPN)
Rangers-Penguins: 467k (TNT+truTV)
Avalanche-Golden Knights 315k (TNT+truTV)
Wild-Blues: 417k (ESPN)
Flyers-Oilers: 333k (ESPN)
Sabres-Penguins: 512k (TNT+truTV)
Bruins-Avalanche: 340k (TNT+truTV)
Capitals-Flyers: 477k (ESPN)
Avalanche-Kraken: 422k (ESPN)
Kings-Golden Knights: 245k (ESPN)
Flyers-Capitals: 410k (TNT+truTV)

 

[Reaser]

-CANADA-
*Saturday HNIC*

7pmET Window: 1.583M
10pmET CGY-SEA: 519k

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on ESPN avg viewership last night-

Capitals-Flyers: 477k
Avalanche-Kraken: 422k
Kings-Golden Knights: 245k

espn2 Frozen Frenzy: 83k

Edit: Was to add Frozen Frenzy #.

espn2 Frozen Frenzy: 83k

 

[Golden_Jet]

No chance hockey is third. NFL, NBA, MLB, college football, college basketball, golf, WNBA are all ahead of NHL.

that applies in the US only, not Canada it’s first, or European hockey markets, where it’s could be thirdish.

 

[S E P H]

espn2 Frozen Frenzy: 83k

Super weird to put it on the NBA's opening night.

 

[Chileiceman]

espn2 Frozen Frenzy: 83k

Yeesh, that is awful

 

[Reaser]

Yeesh, that is awful

Probably why it was so difficult to get the #.

Down from 196k for last years edition.

The usual explanation, it's a long runtime which hurts the average, particularly on the back end because it runs well into the AM in the Eastern Time Zone.

But 83k is 83k and it's not a good #.

 

[Reaser]

-NHL on TNT avg viewership last night-

Flyers-Capitals: 410k
-TNT: 339k
--truTV: 71k

 

[NextBigThing]

Brutal start all around. Pathetic numbers. No other way to spin it.

 

[joelef]

Brutal start all around. Pathetic numbers. No other way to spin it.

Don’t worry the excuses will be here any minute now

 

[ORRFForever]

I am sure someone else has already posted this...

NHL viewership sees even steeper decline in week two of season

The NHL continues to lose its audience at an alarming rate.

www.hockeyfeed.com

 

[Joe from Maine]

Brutal start all around. Pathetic numbers. No other way to spin it.

My question is brutal compared to what? Not sure the article that said losing audience at an alarming rate is very accurate after only two weeks. I wonder if hockey feed had an article after or during the playoffs last year that said hockey is gaining fans at an alarming rate with great ratings? At a quick glance MLB averaged 375K viewers for the regular season last year on FS1. Less than the NHL on TNT. Secondly, MLB averaged 470K viewers for the regular season on TBS. Warner Brothers Discovery pays 535 million a year for MLB and 225 million for the NHL. The NHL does much better in the 18-34 demographic for advertisers. Seems like a pretty good deal for Warner Brothers/Discovery to have the NHL.

 

[S E P H]

My question is brutal compared to what? Not sure the article that said losing audience at an alarming rate is very accurate after only two weeks. I wonder if hockey feed had an article after or during the playoffs last year that said hockey is gaining fans at an alarming rate with great ratings? At a quick glance MLB averaged 375K viewers for the regular season last year on FS1. Less than the NHL on TNT. Secondly, MLB averaged 470K viewers for the regular season on TBS. Warner Brothers Discovery pays 535 million a year for MLB and 225 million for the NHL. The NHL does much better in the 18-34 demographic for advertisers. Seems like a pretty good deal for Warner Brothers/Discovery to have the NHL.

All they are are click bait articles. The NHL will be in serious trouble if the ratings in the playoffs steeply decline.

 

[joelef]

My question is brutal compared to what? Not sure the article that said losing audience at an alarming rate is very accurate after only two weeks. I wonder if hockey feed had an article after or during the playoffs last year that said hockey is gaining fans at an alarming rate with great ratings? At a quick glance MLB averaged 375K viewers for the regular season last year on FS1. Less than the NHL on TNT. Secondly, MLB averaged 470K viewers for the regular season on TBS. Warner Brothers Discovery pays 535 million a year for MLB and 225 million for the NHL. The NHL does much better in the 18-34 demographic for advertisers. Seems like a pretty good deal for Warner Brothers/Discovery to have the NHL.

See told ya the excuses will be rolling out .

 

[DaBadGuy7]

See told ya the excuses will be rolling out .

Regular season NHL games have never been a strong draw especially now in a cord cutting cable era. NHL’s biggest issue from a TV standpoint is they really have an engaging superstar that captivates the mainstream audience with their play and personality. McDavid unfortunately has no charm or charisma, so they aren’t avenues to market him nationally in the US. Until they get that type of player, regular season games don’t draw outside of outdoor games or occasionally big markets.

 

[varsaku]

See told ya the excuses will be rolling out .

These ratings indicate a lot of hockey fans are also baseball fans. Unfortunately in years where the popular teams go deep into the MLB playoffs will pull numbers away from the NHL. It is the unfortunate reality the NHL has to deal with starting during the MLB playoffs.

 

[Reaser]

-CANADA-
*French-lang

SAT: Habs-Blues: 411k (TVAS)
SUN: Habs-Flyers: 409k (RDS)

Little below the usual minimum standard of around 500k, but still at least double what other sports do on TVAS & RDS.

 

[Reaser]

-CANADA-
*Saturday (HNIC)

7pmET Window: 1.529M
10pmET Penguins-Canucks: 789k

 

[joelef]

-CANADA-
*Saturday (HNIC)

7pmET Window: 1.529M
10pmET Penguins-Canucks: 789k

How about the American ratings