Sunday’s Oscars closed out awards season on a ratings downtick, joining declines across the board for virtually every other major ceremony.
The drop marked a reversal of last year’s Academy Awards, which reached nearly 20 million viewers and brought in the biggest audience in five years as “Anora” took home Best Picture. The 2026 show saw the Oscars shed 9% of its audience as it hit 17.86 million viewers across ABC and Hulu, despite the fact that fan-favorite films like “Sinners” and “KPop Demon Hunters” were nominated (and eventually won). The 98th Academy Awards dipped to its lowest viewership since 2022, which brought in 16.7 million viewers as the Oscars rebounded from its 2020 record,…
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