Viewership Of Trump's UFC Fight Didn't Get Anywhere Near ‘Super Bowl-Type Numbers’
Trump dubbed the event “one of the most exciting days in the History of our fabled White House."
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Viewership numbers for last weekend's UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House fell far short of what its supporters were predicting, according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics data shared by Paramount+."We’re expecting Super Bowl-type numbers for this fight,’’ UFC CEO Dana White said earlier this month. The 2026 Super Bowl averaged 125.
6 million viewers. Likewise, Secretary of State Marco Rubio envisioned a fight in which a billion people tuned in.But Paramount+ reported just 17 million viewers across the U.
S. and Latin America during UFC Freedom 250, meaning White was short by about 108 million viewers, and Rubio by approximately 980 million.It’s also worth noting that Paramount, which exclusively streamed UFC Freedom 250, only has about 80 million subscribers.
Still, the event, which President Donald Trump dubbed “one of the most exciting days in the History of our fabled White House,” did break a January UFC record of five million average viewers for UFC 324.Political UpdatesMan Whose Life Sentence Was Commuted By Kristi Noem Now Implicated In His Niece's DeathCalifornia Billionaire Tax Proposal To Appear On November Ballot, Official SaysMegachurch Minister Withdraws From Oklahoma GOP House Runoff After Reports Of Inappropriate TextsU.S.
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