NFL, College Football Playoffs

It’s Super Bowl week! Although an exciting week leading up to the big game, it unfortunately signals the end of the football season. OOH viewers came out by the millions all season long to watch both NFL and college football games – especially playoff and bowl games. The College Football Playoff National Championship between Clemson and LSU on ESPN averaged 9.06MM OOH viewers and peaked at 10:01 PM with 11.48MM OOH viewers – the most-watched college football game of the season. Below are the top ten NFL playoffs games thus far and the top ten NCAAF bowl games. 

 

Rank Game  Date  Time  Network  000s Avg  000s Peak  Peak Time
1  Div. Round – Texans vs Chiefs 1/12/20 3:05 PM  CBS 9350 10766 4:38 PM
2  Div. Round – Vikings vs 49ers 1/11/20 4:35 PM NBC 9117 12552 5:28 PM
3  Wild Card – Bills vs Texans 1/4/20 4:35 PM ESPN/ABC 8026 9418 7:42 PM
4  Wild Card – Vikings vs Saints 1/5/20 1:05 PM FOX 7339 10550 4:22 PM
5  Conf. Champ. – Titans vs Chiefs 1/19/20 6:40 PM CBS 7339 8252 3:43 PM
6  Div. Round – Seahawks vs Packers 1/12/20 6:40 PM FOX 7172 9083 7:34 PM
7  Wild Card – Seahawks vs Eagles 1/5/20 4:40 PM NBC 6824 8375 5:42 PM
8  Div. Round – Titans vs Ravens 1/11/20 8:15 PM CBS 6351 7656 9:25 PM
9  Conf. Champ. – Packers vs 49ers 1/19/20 3:05 PM FOX 6163 7862 7:09 PM
10  Wild Card – Titans vs Patriots 1/4/20 8:15 PM CBS 5253 7133 11:00 PM

 

 

Game Date Time Network 000s
1 CFP Nat Champ – Clemson vs LSU 1/13/20 8:00 PM ESPN 9057
2 Peach Bowl – Oklahoma vs LSU 12/28/19 4:00 PM ESPN/ESPN2 5968
3 Fiesta Bowl – Clemson vs Ohio State 12/28/19 8:00 PM ESPN/ESPN2/ACCN 5448
4 Vrbo Citrus Bowl – Michigan vs Alabama 1/1/20 1:00 PM ABC 2112
5 Rose Bowl – Oregon vs Wisconsin 1/1/20 5:00 PM ESPN 1851
6 Botton Bowl – Penn State vs Memphis 12/28/19 12:00 PM ESPN 1614
7 Outback Bowl – Minnesota vs Auburn 1/1/20 1:00 PM ESPN 1320
8 Orange Bowl – Virginia vs Florida 12/30/19 8:00 PM ESPN 1307
9 Suger Bowl – Georgia vs Baylor 1/1/20 8:45 PM ESPN 1093
10 Texas Bowl – Oklahoma St vs Texas A&M 12/27/19 6:45 PM ESPN 1089

 

Paul Lindstrom, Head of Research & Analytics
Paul Lindstrom
Paul Lindstrom is the Head of Research and Analytics at Tunity, an out-of-home (OOH) data measurement company and consumer application which allows users to hear live audio from muted televisions directly through their mobile devices. In his role, Paul supports the creation of various data products, including Tunity's new analytics product, and helps set strategic vision and direction. Prior to Tunity, Paul spent over four decades at Nielsen, where he was responsible for designing and deploying innovative tools, systems, studies, and measurements for new media outlets. He also directed sales, operations, and strategy for Nielsen Strategic Media Research and Nielsen On Location. Paul is an innovation, research, and strategy executive with a successful track record in pioneering business development, product leadership, and research design. His combination of experience with media and custom research, location, and OOH measurements at Nielsen have allowed him to develop a new metric to capture OOH viewing insights based on Tunity’s traffic, tuning, and attention data.