Oscars 2023: There has been a slight increase in the number of viewers watching the Oscars ceremony on television this year. Know how many people have been watching this award show in the past years.
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Oscars 2023 Viewership: oscars Cinema lovers all over the world wait for the award ceremony, but for the last few years, there was a decline in the number of people watching it live on TV. But oscar ceremony This year was a bit of a relief for the people, because compared to last year oscar award There was an increase of 12 percent in the number of viewers this year.
The 95th Academy Award (Oscars) was telecast in America on Sunday night on ABC channel. According to the data released by ABC, the award ceremony was watched live by about 18.7 million i.e. about 1 crore 87 lakh people. These figures have definitely increased as compared to last year, but they are much less than in the past several years.
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For many years, the Oscars have been the second most popular program watched on TV. Beyond this, only Super Bowl remained. Let us tell you that according to Nielsen’s record, till the year 2018, the viewership of Oscar has never gone below 30 million. But in the year 2021, it got only 9.85 million i.e. about 98 lakh 50 thousand viewers.
What was the viewership in which year?
In the year 2014, the number of people watching the Oscars was 43.7 million, while in 2018 it decreased to 26.5 million. After this, its viewership could never reach there, as it used to be. In the year 2019, it was two crore 96 lakh, in the year 2020 two crore 36 lakh, in the year 2021 98 lakh 50 thousand and in the year 2022 it was one crore 66 lakh viewership.
Record was made in Titanic’s storm
The 1998 Oscars Award was watched by 55 million people. This is the biggest number in the history of Oscars. At the 70th Oscar Awards held on March 23, 1998, Titanic won 11 categories out of 14 nominations. It included categories like Best Film, Best Director, Best Art Director and Best Original Song.
bring back jimmy kimmel
This year, Jimmy Kimmel was returned to the Oscars as host again. He hosted the ceremony in the years 2017 and 2018. Apart from this, performances of stars like Rihanna and Lady Gaga were also kept.
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With the passing years of this award show, the viewership on TV is continuously decreasing. However, there has been an increase in its engagement on social media platforms. This year it got 27.4 million interactions across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. It was also trending at number one worldwide during the Oscar ceremony.
