CHART: Local NHL TV Ratings Compare Very Well To The NBA
While some think the NBA will surpass Major League Baseball in popularity, they should probably be more concerned with the NBA being caught by the NHL.
While the New York Knicks had the largest television audience among all NBA or NHL teams this past season, the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins ranked second and third outdrawing the other 29 NBA teams, including the Bulls and the Celtics according to Sports Business Daily.
The top five teams in the NBA combined for an average audience of 585,000, down 27.4% from the top five a year ago and just 10.8% bigger than the combined audience of the top five NHL teams (528,000).
BusinessInsider.com
The NHL's numbers are down also from a year ago. However, teams played just 48 games in the lockout-shortened season, a 41.5% drop in the total number of games available to watch.
The total audience for the top five teams in the NHL appears to be up slightly from the 2011-12 season, although the data is incomplete.
- I got a $40K raise using this 30-second strategy. It made me realize loud work, not hard work, always wins.
- Qatar Airways' new CEO explains why it's sticking with the Airbus A380 as other airlines retire the costly superjumbo
- Prince Harry and Meghan found out about Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis on TV like everyone else, report says
- Consuming excessive salt and inadequate potassium, protein is making North Indians prone to life-threatening diseases: Study
- Upcoming cars and two-wheelers launching in India in April 2024
- Ice melt in Antarctica and Greenland is slowing Earth's rotation, affecting timekeeping: Study
- Elections on a plate: Poll panels fix menu & expense ceiling for Samosa, tea, biryani & more
- Regenerative farming, cover crops will help farmers increase yields, reduce stubble burning: IDH CEO