Round 1 Viewership of 2024 NFL Draft Surpasses 2023

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verage Audience of 12.1 Million Viewers (TV+Digital) –
Up +6% Versus 2023
 
Total Unduplicated Audience of 34.3 Million Viewers

DETROIT – Round 1 coverage of the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit was seen by an average audience of 12.1 million viewers (TV+Digital) last night across ESPN, NFL Network, ABC, ESPN Deportes and digital channels – up +6% versus Round 1 of the 2023 NFL Draft (11.4 million) and the highest Round 1 viewership since 2021.
 
Thursday night’s coverage of Round 1 had a total unduplicated audience of 34.3 million viewers – the highest since 2021.
 
All seven rounds of the 2024 NFL Draft are being presented across ABC, ESPN and NFL Network – the sixth straight year that The Walt Disney Company is working with the National Football League to offer a multi-network presentation of the Draft.
 
On Thursday night, more than 275,000 fans attended Round 1 in Detroit, breaking the all-time Day One Draft record of 200,000 set by Nashville in 2019.​

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