NYRE Reaches 46 Million Total Viewers

Show surpasses 30 million viewers at midnight.

Record-breaking multi-city celebration achieves nearly 20 million total viewers in the 11:30pm-12:30am hour alone.

iHeart Media’s Live Audio Broadcast of “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” Reached 2 Million Listeners Across Nearly 150 iHeartRadio Stations With a 9% Increase.

The 8-Hour Broadcast Featured 42 Performers, 4 Live Countdowns, Nearly 100 Songs, and Marked the Largest Lineup and Longest Telecast in the Show’s More Than 50-Year History.

• This year’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” (NYRE) reached an average of 46 Million Total Viewers.
• The show was the #1 television program of the night, delivering more than 30 Million viewers at midnight.
• “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” averaged nearly 20 Million Total Viewers in the 11:30pm-12:30am hour alone, beating CBS’ “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” and CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live.”
• Moving a half hour earlier, Late-Night Part 2 (12:30 – 1:51 a.m.) nearly doubled its year ago performance in both Total Viewers 8.5 million vs. 4.45 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.31 vs. 1.23 rating), hitting eight-year highs in both measures – since 12/31/17.
• iHeart Media’s live audio nationwide broadcast reached 2 Million listeners P6+ across nearly 150 iHeartRadio stations on Wednesday night — a +9% increase from last year’s event.
• “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2026” primetime was the #1 program across all of TV in total interactions and video views on 12/31/25. (Source: Talkwalker Social Content Ratings)
• Rockin’ Eve and ABC social media drew 506.3MM video views in the 5 days surrounding the show across Instagram, TikTok, X and Facebook – a 165% increase YoY (Source: ListenFirst)
• Busta Rhymes’ performance of “Look At Me Now” as part of DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic Live! Was the #1 most watched clip across TikTok, Instagram and Facebook for the 5 days surrounding the show. (Source: Listen First)

*This release has been updated to reflect Nielsen Live+7 data