{"id":14925,"date":"2018-02-23T15:34:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=14925"},"modified":"2018-02-24T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T21:04:02","slug":"18-1-million-viewers-watch-daytona-500-on-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/23\/18-1-million-viewers-watch-daytona-500-on-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"18.1 million viewers watch Daytona 500 on FOX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of FOX Sports<\/em><\/p>\n

CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 With today\u2019s inclusion of Nielsen Media Research<\/strong> out-of-home viewing data, Sunday\u2019s Daytona 500<\/strong> on FOX averaged 9,781,000 across all platforms, peaking at more than 11.5 million viewers. According to Nielsen, more than 18.1 million viewers watched all or part of the Great American Race.<\/p>\n

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NASCAR FOX Sports Daytona International Speedway. Credit: William Hauser-FOX SPORTS<\/p><\/div>\n

The Daytona 500, with Austin Dillon scoring a dramatic victory in the iconic No. 3 and newcomer Darrell \u201cBubba\u201d Wallace Jr. crossing the line second in Richard Petty\u2019s celebrated No. 43, was the highest rated and most-viewed FOX telecast of any kind since the NFC Championship Game in January, and remains the most-watched motor sports event on television.<\/p>\n

Out-of-home data inclusion provided a 7.4% lift in the coveted 18-34 demo, the highest percentage increase of any demo.<\/p>\n

Race coverage garnered an average-minute audience of 51,004 for the livestream telecast on FOX Sports GO and FOX Now, up 28% over last year\u2019s 39,832, making it the best-performing NASCAR event in FOX Sports GO history.<\/p>\n

With more than 700,000 total interactions across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the week of Feb. 13-19, FOX Sports enjoyed 44% year-to year social media growth from 2017\u2019s 499,000.<\/p>\n

Finishing with a Nielsen Rating of 5.3\/12, top television markets for the race included Greensboro (15.1\/27), Greenville (14.3\/24), Indianapolis (12.2\/22), Charlotte (10.7\/21) and Knoxville (10.2\/18).<\/p>\n

NASCAR racing returns this weekend from Atlanta Motor Speedway, with a NASCAR Xfinity Series\/NASCAR Camping World Truck Series doubleheader Saturday, Feb. 24 <\/u>(2:00 PM ET\/4:30 PM ET on FS1) and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday, Feb. 25<\/u> (2:00 PM ET on FOX).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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