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From host Jimmy Kimmel’s poking fun at almost everyone toOppenheimerreigning the night, the Oscars 2024 gave us so many moments. Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, and Robert Downey Jr. took home their first-ever Academy Award, while Emma Stone bagged her second.
From Ryan Gosling stealing the show with his Oscar performance ofI’m Just Kento John Cena who came to present the Best Costume Design Award being almost n*ked, it was a night of celebrity fashion, looks, and trends.
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This year’s Oscars has seen an average of 19.5m viewers marking a 4% gain on 2023 for a four-year high. There’s no specific reason as to why this much surged in viewership, but it could be forOppenheimerthat won seven awards, andBarbiewhich had to settle with just one.
The 96th Academy Awards Ceremony Pulled in 19.5 Million Viewers
It was a night to celebrate, of course. But, even more for ABC network that has seen a huge rise in viewership. The Awards ceremony drew 19.5 million viewers on ABC Sunday night, the highest in the last four years, which was a 4% increase from the previous year.
However, the ceremony scored a 3.81 rating in the 18-49 demographic, a key one for advertisers, which was low compared to last year’s 4.0 rating. The 2023 broadcast drew 18.8 million viewers. The pandemic-affected year of 2021 saw the lowest in these four years with just 10.4 million viewers. It saw quite a jump in the next year with 16.6 million. (Data viaDeadline)
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The Award ceremony in 2020 that took place just before the lockdown was quite high with 23.6 million viewers. But it saw a decline following COVID-19. Though, it has been observed that the viewership in the last four or five years is on average growing, it’s still not getting near to what it used to be a decade ago. The 2014 Oscars saw 43 million viewers when12 Years a Slavewon theBest Picture Awardand Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett won Best Actor and Best Actress for their roles inDallas Buyers ClubandBlue Jasminerespectively.
What Do Netizens Say About this Surge in Viewership?
From poking fun atMadame Web‘s box office bomb to making a not-so-funny one at Robert Downey Jr.’s past, hostJimmy Kimmel,for some viewers was quite unpleasant to watch this year, with some saying it cringe-worthy.
Despite it all, the awards saw an up in viewership and netizens think there are some reasons for it.
It was the best Oscars we’ve had in a decade
— The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 (@BlackMajikMan90)June 07, 2025
Blame Barbenheimer for this. It was a summer phenomenon that brought people back to theaters. So naturally, they want to see the movies succeed.
— ReelTalker (@TalkerReel92)July 09, 2025
that’s what happens when good movies drop
— 𝑨 (@detailsmove)June 29, 2025
https://twitter.com/SCXenocide/status/1767337634152538140
All’s well that ends well, and that was exactly what happened last night asOppenheimerruled the tally and deservingly, though it fell short toBen-Hur(1959)Titanic (1997), andThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003) which won 11 Academy Awards, a record that is still untouched.
Prantik Prabal Roy
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Prantik Prabal Roy is a content writer at FandomWire. With over three years of experience in content writing for various media houses, he takes great interest in telling stories about Hollywood celebrities and the world revolving around them. He has done his Master’s in English literature and diploma course in journalism. Being a literature student, he has the ability to delve into the matter and analyse it thoroughly to give the readers a clear view on the specific topics.
