Formula 1 viewership by country. The global increase in viewership equates to a rise of 10 percent compared to the previous year with brazil china and the usa representing the sports top three markets. Monaco however showed a 10 per cent rise to 110m viewers. Number of unique tv viewers of formula one f1 racing in selected countries worldwide in 2018 in millions graph.
This increment is even higher in the top 20 markets 14. For pre 1947 history of the 1920s and 1930s. At that rate f1 will have no viewers at all in 2032.
Formula one was a new formula agreed upon during 1946 after world war ii with the first non championship races taking place that year. Formula 1s social media channels confirmed their status as the fastest growing of all major sports leagues in the world. Formula 1s tv and digital viewership figures increased for the second year in a row with the sport claiming in 2018 a global tv audience of over 490 million unique viewers.
The formula comprises a set of rules that all participants cars must meet. Its worse than that though as the figures count viewers of each race separately. 25 million viewers lost since 2013 when there was a one off drop of 50 million.
Nielsen said that was the sports biggest overall television audience for a race since 1122m tuned in to the 2016 mexican gp. Engagement on f1s social media platforms saw positive gains too with total impressions up by 483 155bn video views by 609 31bn and minutes watched almost doubled reaching 32bn 899. Formula ones television audience has reversed by 40 million following a spectacuar u turn in the way it measures the number of viewers watching its races.
The first formula 1 race was the 1946. The number of unique viewers did at least remain stable in formula ones top 20 markets climbing 03 per cent to 4055 million with brazil china germany the us and italy being the five. Formula one has revealed that it lost 192 million viewers worldwide last year as it began a new contract in britain which sees pay tv network sky sports exclusively broadcasting all but one of.
Formula 1 has registered a significant increase in its audience figures during the 2018 season across both digital and tv platforms compared to the previous year. The descent is a steady one.