NEW YORK -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rout of the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl drew a total audience of 96.4 million viewers.
CBS said Tuesday the audience included record digital numbers for a game that had lost its competitive edge by halftime -- Tampa Bay won 31-9 -- and was marked by limited watch parties because of the pandemic.
The most watched Super Bowl was in 2015. The New England-Seattle game drew 114.4 million viewers.
CBS said Sunday's championship was the most live-streamed ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøgame, averaging 5.7 million viewers per minute, up 65% from last year's Super Bowl. It was also the first ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøgame to deliver more than 1 billion total streaming minutes.
Kansas City led all metered markets with a 59.9 rating, an increase of 8% over its Super Bowl rating from last year. The Boston market, buoyed by Tampa Bay and ex-Patriot quarterback Tom Brady, was second at 57. Tampa was third at 52.3
The total viewership came across all platforms, including the CBS Television Network, CBS Sports and ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íødigital properties, Buccaneers and Chiefs mobile properties, Verizon Media mobile properties and ESPN Deportes television and digital properties.
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