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Ratings Report for Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025
Fast National Live+Same Day Preliminary Program Ratings
'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' Rises to Four Year High Reaching 30 Million Total Viewers at Midnight
Record-Breaking Multi-City Celebration Scores 19 Million Total Viewers at 11:30 p.m. - Outperforming CBS' New Year's Eve Programming by +255%
iHeart Media's Live Audio Broadcast of 'New Year's Rockin Eve' Reached 2 Million Listeners Across Nearly 150 iHeartRadio Stations With a 9% Increase
The 8-Hour Broadcast Featured 42 Performers, 4 Live Countdowns, Nearly 100 Songs, and Marked the Largest Lineup and Longest Telecast in the Show's More Than 50-Year History
· This year's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" was the No. 1 entertainment broadcast special of the night, delivering an estimated 30 Million viewers at midnight.
· The show reached 34 Million Total Viewers across the night (*Out-of-home viewership data not available at time of reporting).
· "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" (NYRE) averaged 18.8 Million Total Viewers in the 11:30pm-12:30am hour alone, beating CBS' "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash" by +255% and CNN's "New Year's Eve Live."
· iHeart Media's live audio nationwide broadcast reached 2 Million listeners P6+ across nearly 150 iHeartRadio stations on Wednesday night - a +9% increase from last year's event.
· "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2026" primetime was the No. 1 program across all of TV in total interactions and video views on 12/31/25.
Source: Nielsen Fast National Live+Same Day Preliminary Program Ratings for 12/31/25. Talkwalker SCR - excludes sports and wrestling; Nielsen Audio, Spring 2025.
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