This is in conversation from Apple News.
I'm David Green filling in for Shamita Basu.
Today, why the NFL is more popular than Ever
Whether you're a fan or not, the NFL is just everywhere these days.
The NFL continues to set records.
Everybody is watching.
NFL football viewership among teen girls spiked 53%.
The NFL AFC wild card game was the most streamed event in U.S.
history.
There was also an increase of about 3 million viewers over last weekend.
NFL ratings dominate Christmas viewership.
Raiders, Chiefs, most watched Christmas day game since 1989.
The NFL is literally the Godzilla of entertainment.
The NFL accounted for 93 of the top 100 U.S.
broadcasts last year, according to Nielsen ratings.
Put another way, only two other broadcasts broke through the top 50 most popular TV events of 2023.
That would be the State of the Union and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The rest, all NFL games.
And you know,
this is not where it seemed