CBS: Record 202M Watched Part Or All Of Super Bowl

USA Today reports:

The Kansas City Chiefs’ dramatic overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers was the most-watched television event in history, according to preliminary television ratings released Monday.

The Chiefs and 49ers reached an estimated 123.4 million average viewers on CBS’s broadcast of Super Bowl 58 on Sunday night.

A total of 202.4 million watched all or part of Super Bowl 58 across all platforms, which is also a record that tops last year’s Super Bowl of 184 million. The record-setting audience on Paramount+ helped make the game the most-streamed Super Bowl ever.

Read the full article. As you can see by the below Community Note, some are responding to CBS’s tweet with viewership numbers from the World Cup and other championship soccer matches.

CBS Sports’ presentation of Super Bowl LVIII is the most-watched telecast in history with a total audience delivery of 123.4 million average viewers across platforms.

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