IndyCar TV Ratings Thru Gateway
We have compiled all the TV ratings and viewership for all IndyCar races for the past three years. The NBCSN TV ratings this year, especially the all important 18-49 age group, are particularly alarming.
It clearly shows why all IndyCar races must be on network TV if they have any chance whatsoever of growing the fanbase and sponsor-base and landing a 3rd engine manufacturer.
Even NASCAR has been dealt a serious blow on NBCSN and many sponsors have left the sport.
It's the TV ratings stupid.
Venue | Network | 2016 Rating |
2016 Viewers |
2017 Rating |
2017 Viewers |
2018 Rating |
2018 Viewers |
2018 18-49 |
St. Petersburg | ABC | 1.0 | 1,400,000 | 0.8 | 1,190,000 | 0.81 | 1,144,000 | |
Phoenix | NBCSN | 0.29 | 363,000 | 0.21 | 343,000 | 0.19 | 253,000 | <75,000 |
Long Beach | NBCSN | 0.37 | 402,000 | 0.21 | 321,000 | 0.24 | 370,000 | 82,000 |
Barber | NBCSN | 0.26 | 279,000 | 0.39 | 470,000 | <0.20 | 310,000 | <50,000 |
Indy GP | ABC | 1.0 | 1,300,000 | 0.7 | 1,000,000 | 0.8 | 1,140,000 | 181,000 |
Indy 500 | ABC | 3.9 | 6,000,000 | 3.4 | 5,500,000 | 3.1 | 4,900,000 | 928,000 |
Detroit 1 | ABC | 0.7 | 1,000,000 | 0.6 | 847,000 | 0.55 | 751,000 | 189,000 |
Detroit 2 | ABC | 0.6 | 918,000 | 0.9 | 1,400,000 | 0.6 | 936,000 | 212,000 |
Texas | NBCSN | 0.3 | 388,000 | 0.35 | 561,000 | 0.21 | 336,000 | 59,000 |
Elkhart Lake | NBCSN | 0.33 | 470,000 | 0.37 | 568,000 | 0.22 | 322,000 | 65,000 |
Iowa | NBCSN | 0.37 | 534,000 | 0.37 | 534,000 | 0.31 | 452,000 | 78,000 |
Toronto | CNBC | 171,000 | 187,000 | |||||
Toronto | NBCSN (delay) | 0.3 | 530,000 | 0.32 | 489,000 | 0.29 | 458,000 | 107,000 |
Mid-Ohio | NBCSN | 0.55 | 811,000 | 0.39 | 576,000 | 0.39 | 644,000 | 153,000 |
Mid-Ohio | 0.13 | 200,000 | 0.09 | 139,000 | 33,000 | |||
Pocono | NBCSN | 0.45 | 635,000 | 0.4 | 618,000 | 0.34 | 542,000 | 110,000 |
Gateway | NBCSN | 0.23 | 359,000 | 0.23 | 391,000 | 76,000 | ||
Total | 15,201,000 | Total | 15,163,000 | Total | 13,088,000 | |||
% Chg '16 to '17 |
-0.2% | % Chg '17 to '18 |
-15.9% | |||||
Lost Viewers | -38,000 | Lost Viewers | -2,075,000 |