NEW YORK – February 5, 2026 – Nielsen has updated the reach final number for The NFL’s Super Bowl LIX, broadcast on FOX, FOX Deportes and Telemundo and streamed on Tubi and NFL digital properties. The updated reach number is 171.8 million viewers.
According to revised data leveraging Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel “Reach” methodology, Super Bowl LIX reached a 171.8 million unique viewers who watched the game for at least 1 minute*.
As previously announced, Super Bowl LIX also averaged a record high 127.7 million viewers on February 9, using the Average Minute Audience Metric across the entirety of the game, using Nielsen’s Panel only metric.
Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel Reach with Out-of-Home (P2+).
*This is a change from the 191.1 million reach number Nielsen announced in March, 2025. The number reported did not accurately reflect the reach that was updated once we reviewed all lineup and audio encodings.
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