2021 NFL Draft averaged 6.1 million viewers across three days, the third-highest number for that event
The 2021 NFL Draft's solid first-night ratings continued, producing an overall average audience close to 2019's numbers.
The 2021 NFL Draft's solid first-night ratings continued, producing an overall average audience close to 2019's numbers.
The 2021 NFL Draft's first round dropped from 15.26 million average English-language viewers to 12.52 million, but that was still easily its second-best number ever.
ESPN won the night, but ABC picked up more viewers than Fox did last year.
Expanding the draft to Fox (for the first two days) and ABC (for the third) played a huge role in this ratings growth, and may indicate that draft ratings do have a ceiling.
ESPN retained most of its audience from last year, even with Fox entering the fray.