The Oscars lose viewership for the first time in three years
The latest edition of the gala, the first ever to stream online via Hulu, saw a 7% drop in viewership.
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Some 18.1 million people tuned in for the 97th Oscar Awards, a 7% drop from last year. The figure, shared by ABC, represents a derailment after three consecutive years of rising viewership, being surpassed by both the 2024 (19.5 million) and 2023 (18.8 million).
Despite the poor year-to-year performance, theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can celebrate the top spot so far in 2025. While the Grammys garnered 15.4 million views, the Golden Globes came in at 9.3 million.
If partying is what it's all about, ABC, which broadcast the event live, noted that the event was the television program that generated the most interaction on social networks, passing "for the first time in history" the Grammys and the Super Bowl. It also remarked that it had its best audience in five years among adults 18-34.
Also, the award show was broadcast for the first time on Hulu, a streaming service owned by Disney (which also owns ABC). Those views were included in the overall 18.1 million, a figure that comes amid rumors that the Academy will seek to offer the gala to other video providers when its contract with ABC ends. Spurred by technical problems on Sunday, which led the mouse company to issue a statement apologizing.
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