Oscars ratings record 18.7 million viewers, 12% higher than 2022

The 95th Academy Awards were watched by an mean of 18.7 cardinal radical successful the US, a 12% summation implicit 2022, overnight figures show.

Market measuring steadfast Nielsen said preliminary ratings for this year's Oscars were the highest for immoderate amusement since 2020.

But the ceremonial was the third-least watched since Nielsen began tracking.

The Oscars were viewed by 10.4 cardinal radical successful 2021 and 16.6 cardinal successful 2022.

Sunday's show, which aired connected US web ABC, was dominated by Everything Everywhere All astatine Once, which took location 7 awards.

It was hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel who has a late-night chat amusement connected ABC and besides hosted the Academy Awards successful 2018.

The scaled-back ceremonial successful 2021 was the least-watched Oscars of each time.

Viewers whitethorn person returned to spot however Hollywood would respond to past year's slapping incidental involving Will Smith and big Chris Rock.

Or the figures whitethorn person been boosted by involvement successful blockbusters specified arsenic Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Everything Everywhere.

Organisers were buoyed by viewers connected societal media, which are not included successful the aboriginal time-zone adjusted Nielson numbers.

According to showbiz book Variety, the 1998 Oscars ceremonial (when Titanic won champion picture) was the astir watched successful history, drafting implicit 55 cardinal viewers.

The past clip the amusement had implicit 30 cardinal viewers was successful 2017, erstwhile Moonlight won champion picture, drafting the attraction of 33 million.