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Thursday, September 21st, 2017
2017 VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES IS SECOND MOST-WATCHED SEASON EVER ON NBCSN, UP 3% VS. 2016
Season on NBCSN Produces Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 507,000 Viewers
Seven Races on NBCSN Average More Than 500,000 Viewers – Most-Ever Since NBCSN Acquired IndyCar Rights in 2009
2017 IndyCar Season Delivers Best Season Ever on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App
STAMFORD, Conn. – Sept. 21, 2017 – The 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series on NBCSN delivered the network’s second most-watched IndyCar season ever and was up 3% vs. 2016, producing a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 507,000 viewers across 12 races, according to data provided by The Nielsen Company and Adobe Analytics.
This season’s viewership on NBCSN, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app exceeded the 2016 TAD of 492,000 viewers by 3%*, and was just 1% shy of NBCSN’s record TAD in 2015 (510,000). TAD measures consumption across multiple platforms, combining the average minute audience (AMA) for television and digital.
More than half of this season’s races on NBCSN (seven) produced a TAD of at least 500,000 average viewers, the most ever since NBCSN acquired IndyCar rights prior to the 2009 season. This year’s race at Pocono on Sunday, Aug. 20, averaged a TAD of 624,000 viewers to rank as the most-watched race of the season.
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2017 INDYCAR RACES ON NBCSN ECLIPSING 500,000+ VIEWERS |
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| Date | Race | TAD |
| Sat., June 10 | Texas | 567,000 |
| Sun., June 25 | Road America | 575,000 |
| Sun., July 9 | Iowa | 540,000 |
| Sun., July 30 | Mid-Ohio | 581,000 |
| Sun., August 20 | Pocono | 624,000 |
| Sun., September 3 | Watkins Glen | 612,000 |
| Sun., September 17 | Sonoma | 536,000 |
Last Sunday’s finale at Sonoma on NBCSN (6:30-8:46 p.m. ET), in which Josef Newgarden captured his first IndyCar title to become the first American champion in the series since 2012, averaged a TAD of 536,000 viewers.
TV-only viewership on NBCSN averaged 502,000 viewers, also up 3% vs. 2016 (488,000), and produced a 0.32 household rating. Indianapolis led all local markets for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series on NBCSN with a 2.1 local rating. Following are the Top 5 markets from the season on NBCSN:
| Rank | Metered Market | HH Rtg |
| 1 | Indianapolis | 2.10 |
| 2 | Richmond-Petersburg | 0.93 |
| 3 | Greenville | 0.90 |
| 4 | West Palm Beach | 0.81 |
| 5 | Greensboro | 0.76 |
Digitally, the 2017 IndyCar season had its best season ever on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app, delivering 124,000 uniques and 8.7 million live minutes, up 29% and 35%, respectively, vs. 2016. This season also saw the first two IndyCar races (Texas; 1.091 million and Sonoma; 1.014 million) eclipse one million live minutes on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
*excludes Texas and Pocono races in 2016, which were rescheduled due to weather
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