Back of the online! NBC Sports is knee-sliding in direction of the nook flag because the opening weekend of the 2025-26 English Premier League season was the most-watched ever within the U.S.
According to knowledge from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, the Premier League opening weekend averaged 850,000 viewers throughout six matches aired reside on NBC/Peacock, USA Network and NBC Sports‘ digital platforms (within the interval Aug. 15-17). The determine is up 4 p.c from the 820,000 viewers from the 2024-25 season.
Sunday’s large match between Manchester United and London-based powerhouse Arsenal, which aired on NBC, Peacock and NBC Sports’ digital platforms, averaged a wholesome 2 million viewers, making it the most-watched opening weekend match on report within the U.S., in addition to the second most-watched match within the U.S. ever, simply behind the two.1 million viewers who watch Manchester City-Arsenal on March 31, 2024.
Once Telemundo’s Spanish-language protection is included, the United-Arsenal sport boasted an viewers of two.3 million, simply behind the two.6 million Spanish-language inclusive viewers for that March 2024 City-Arsenal sport.
Since securing a $2.7 billion six-year extension to its U.S. rights deal, the Premier League continues to be an enormous success for NBCUniversal, driving subscriptions to Peacock, and seeing strong and rising audiences for the corporate throughout broadcast, streaming and digital.