2024 Paris Olympics Viewership During First Week Garners Huge Audience

The numbers are looking very good and there are still several popular events to go. The 2024 Paris Olympics viewership stats during the first week are steadily rolling in and are showing that the Summer Games are garnering huge audiences. From gymnastics to swimming, sports fans are loving to watch all the competition this year.

So far, many have been able to watch Simone Biles take gold with the rest of her teammates; as well as during the All-Around. Also, get to see the legendary Katie Ledecky blow away every other swimmer in the 1500M. And also witness the men medal in gymnastics after almost two decades AND win a gold medal in rowing.

Great moments. Which make for great TV. Christian Klaue who works as the Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director of the IOC announced a few of the broadcast figures. He states,

“NBC Universal [via] NBC Sports PR reports that live afternoon coverage of the Women’s Gymnastics Team Final averaged 12.7 million viewers across NBC and Peacock. Ranking among NBC’s most-watched Olympic weekday daytime events ever. In Japan, over 92.5 million viewers have seen some coverage of Paris 2024 – 79% of the potential audience. [Furthermore] NINE’s Paris 2024 prime-time broadcast has been Australia’s No. 1 program every day since the Games began.”

2024 Paris Olympics Viewership During First Week Garners Huge Audience

Nice. Additionally, the Olympics are not just being enjoyed during various broadcasts. Sports fans are heading online to their social media platforms of choice and discussing live events, matchups, results; favorite athletes and various controversies.

All of this activity is causing a flurry of trending Olympic topics. Christian Klaue once again reveals a few details regarding social media stats. Klaue says,

“Olympics social media gained an additional 1.5 million followers yesterday, bringing the total to 138 million followers. Across 40 social media handles on 15 platforms, the Olympics have already generated 7.8B engagements for the Paris 2024 Games.”

Now all of the figures mentioned in this article; are not the only statistics available. These are just a few selected stats from the International Olympic Committee. We are sure with track and field coming up; numbers will continue to skyrocket. As fans around the globe gather to watch the fastest men and women on earth. Therefore, we will be sure to share with you some of the audience statistics from week 2 as they roll in. Enjoy the rest of the Games everyone!

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