Oscars 2023 Viewership: Cinema lovers all over the world wait for the Oscars award ceremony, but for the last few years, there was a decline in the number of people watching it live on TV. But this year there was some relief for the people of Oscar ceremony, because compared to last year, there was an increase of 12 percent in the number of people watching the Oscar award. The 95th Academy Award (Oscars) was telecast in America on Sunday night on ABC channel. According to the data released by ABC, the award ceremony was watched live by about 18.7 million i.e. about 1 crore 87 lakh people. These figures have definitely increased as compared to last year, but they are much less than in the past several years. Read this also: Sidharth Malhotra gave a strange reaction on Oscar Awards, said- the press conference is going on a bit For many years, Oscars have been the second most popular program seen on TV. Beyond this, only Super Bowl remained. Let us tell you that according to Nielsen’s record, till the year 2018, the viewership of Oscar has never gone below 30 million. But in the year 2021, it got only 9.85 million i.e. about 98 lakh 50 thousand viewers. How much was the viewership in which year? In the year 2014, the number of people watching the Oscars was 43.7 million, while in 2018 it decreased to 26.5 million. After this, its viewership could never reach there, as it used to be. In the year 2019, it was two crore 96 lakh, in the year 2020 two crore 36 lakh, in the year 2021 98 lakh 50 thousand and in the year 2022 it was one crore 66 lakh viewership. The record was made in the storm of Titanic The year 1998 Oscars Award was seen by five crore 50 lakh people. This is the biggest number in the history of Oscars. At the 70th Oscar Awards held on March 23, 1998, Titanic won 11 categories out of 14 nominations. It included categories like Best Film, Best Director, Best Art Director and Best Original Song. Jimmy Kimmel brought back This year, Jimmy Kimmel was brought back as the host of the Oscars. He hosted the ceremony in the years 2017 and 2018. Apart from this, performances of stars like Rihanna and Lady Gaga were also kept. Read this also: Trying to burn mother alive Cheese sold on the streets, life of Oscar winner Guneet Monga was full of troubles The viewership of this award show is continuously decreasing on TV with the passing years. However, there has been an increase in its engagement on social media platforms. This year it got 27.4 million interactions across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. It was also trending at number one worldwide during the Oscar ceremony.
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