Initial numbers place the 98th Academy Awards at 17.86 million viewers across ABC and Hulu, according to preliminary Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.
That’s down 9% from last year’s awards ceremony, which brought in 19.69 million viewers as it broadcast on ABC and streamed live on Hulu. Viewership for the 2025 show was up a slight 1% from the 19.5 million viewers brought in by the 2024 show, scoring the biggest audience the awards show has seen in five years.
Notably, the 2026 show marks the third-to-last Oscars that will have its broadcast home on ABC, with the Academy Awards set to head to YouTube beginning with the 101st…
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