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An average 7.5 million viewers watched the 2025 NFL Draft across the three day event, putting it as the second most-watched draft ever, according to the league.
About 4.3 million viewers tuned in to the coverage of rounds 4-7, making it the most watched Day 3 on record. This is up 43% compared to 2024. Viewership was tracked across ESPN, NFL Network, ABC, ESPN Deportes and digital channels.
This year's draft also had the second most-watched Day 2 on record with 7.5 million viewers, a 48% increase from 2024. The viewership rise in Days 2 and 3 could be linked to the drama with Colorado Buffaloes star Shedeur Sanders, who was drafted in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns after being projected to be a first round pick.
The 7.5 million in viewership is second behind the 2020 NFL Draft, though that draft was fully virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also a 27% increase in viewership compared to last year's draft.
Day 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft drew an estimated 13.6 million viewers across TV and digital, the second most-watched Day 1 on record behind 2020, which was seen by 15.5 million viewers.
Day 1 viewership was up 11% from the 2024 NFL Draft, which had 12.3 million viewers.
To go along with the historic viewership numbers, over 600,000 fans attended the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, matching Nashville in 2019 for the second-highest attendance in Draft history. The highest is Detroit in 2024 with 775,000.
The NFL started taking the draft to NFL cities in 2015. Here are the attendance totals each year since then, according to Front Office Sports:
Claire Reid contributed to this report.
Rashad Alexander can be contacted at [email protected] and 920-431-8214.
This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: How many people viewed the 2025 NFL draft? Here are the numbers
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About 4.3 million viewers tuned in to the coverage of rounds 4-7, making it the most watched Day 3 on record. This is up 43% compared to 2024. Viewership was tracked across ESPN, NFL Network, ABC, ESPN Deportes and digital channels.
This year's draft also had the second most-watched Day 2 on record with 7.5 million viewers, a 48% increase from 2024. The viewership rise in Days 2 and 3 could be linked to the drama with Colorado Buffaloes star Shedeur Sanders, who was drafted in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns after being projected to be a first round pick.
The 7.5 million in viewership is second behind the 2020 NFL Draft, though that draft was fully virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also a 27% increase in viewership compared to last year's draft.
How many people watched Day 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft?
Day 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft drew an estimated 13.6 million viewers across TV and digital, the second most-watched Day 1 on record behind 2020, which was seen by 15.5 million viewers.
Day 1 viewership was up 11% from the 2024 NFL Draft, which had 12.3 million viewers.
How many people attended the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay?
To go along with the historic viewership numbers, over 600,000 fans attended the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, matching Nashville in 2019 for the second-highest attendance in Draft history. The highest is Detroit in 2024 with 775,000.
The NFL started taking the draft to NFL cities in 2015. Here are the attendance totals each year since then, according to Front Office Sports:
- Detroit (2024): 775,000
- Green Bay (2025): 600,000+
- Nashville (2019): 600,000
- Kansas City (2023): 312,000
- Las Vegas (2022): 300,000
- Philadelphia (2017): 250,000
- Chicago (2016): 225,000
- Dallas (2018): 200,000
- Chicago (2015): 200,000
- Cleveland (2021): 160,000
Claire Reid contributed to this report.
Rashad Alexander can be contacted at [email protected] and 920-431-8214.
This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: How many people viewed the 2025 NFL draft? Here are the numbers
Continue reading...
