More Americans watched Harry and Meghan's wedding than William and Kate's
Call it the Meghan effect
Call it the Meghan effect
Call it the Meghan effect
When , Americans tune in. That바카라 게임 웹사이트s likely the logic behind the royal wedding ratings. reports that the American television ratings were higher for Meghan and Harry바카라 게임 웹사이트s wedding than for .
Nielsen calculated that 29 million Americans tuned in to the 15 channels that aired the royal wedding. Between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Eastern time, NBC averaged 6.4 million viewers, ABC had 6.3 million, CBS had 4.8 million, Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 had 1.9 million, CNN had 1.8 million and MSNBC had 1 million. For William and Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s wedding, a still-impressive 22.8 million people tuned in.
The trend was different in the U.K., though, where more people tuned in for William and Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s wedding, reports. About 18 million people watched Harry and Meghan바카라 게임 웹사이트s wedding, most of them watching the BBC바카라 게임 웹사이트s coverage. But 24 million Brits watched William and Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s big day in 2011, reported.
A few factors may come into play when it comes to calculating these numbers. For one, William and Kate were married on a Friday morning, and Americans didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t have the day off, so fewer people may have tuned in. Second of all, these ratings numbers don바카라 게임 웹사이트t calculate how many people watched the ceremonies on their computers or on their mobile devices. There were options like YouTube streaming, which was available for both weddings, that didn't get counted for the ratings.
So while it바카라 게임 웹사이트s a little too complicated to declare an overall ratings winner, it바카라 게임 웹사이트s obvious that the royal weddings captivated audiences on both sides of the pond in 2011 and 2018.
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