The Super Bowl and The Game Awards are, quite obviously, very different events, but looking at the reported numbers for both side-by-side raises some curiosities, with Geoff Keighley’s presentation last December appearing to trounce Sunday’s showdown between the Patriots and Seahawks.
NBC Sports shared that the network’s telecast of Super Bowl LX (or 60, for those innumerate with Roman digits) was the most-watched show in NBC’s history, averaging 124.9 million viewers. That makes it the second-most-watched television program in United States history, behind last year’s Super Bowl on Fox. Additionally, this year’s big game reached a high of 137.8 million viewers during the second quarter, which is the highest viewership peak ever in American television.
Meanwhile, The Game Awards 2025, during which Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took the top prize, is said to have reached over 171 million global livestreams, an 11% increase from last year’s ceremony/barrage of reveal trailers.
