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ESPN’s Audience up for Fiscal Year; U.S. Networks also Rise as a Group

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ESPN’s Audience up for Fiscal Year; U.S. Networks also Rise as a Group

Photo of Dave Nagle Dave Nagle Follow on Twitter October 1, 2014

Record Year for ESPNU; ESPN Deportes Shows Most Growth

ESPN’s audience for the 2014 fiscal year rose six percent compared to 2013, according to Nielsen. The network averaged 1,012,000 viewers (P2+) throughout the year (October – September), compared to 959,000 a year ago. The leading factors behind the increase were the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Monday Night Football, college football bowl games and the NBA Playoffs.

In addition, ESPN’s family of networks – ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Classic – enjoyed a collective four percent increase. The six U.S. networks averaged a combined 1,445,000 viewers, up from 1,387,000 for the 2013 fiscal year.

For ESPNU, it was a record year, with its audience rising seven percent to a new high.

Also, the network enjoying the largest year-over-year increase was ESPN Deportes. Its audience grew 14 percent.

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Photo of Dave Nagle Dave Nagle Follow on Twitter October 1, 2014
Photo of Dave Nagle

Dave Nagle

As I write this on 11-11-21, it's now 35 years for me at ESPN, the only real job I’ve ever had. I joined merely to help with the upcoming America’s Cup in Australia. I was told it would be for three months at all of $5.50 per hour. I like to say I simply kept showing up. I’ve worked on almost every sport, plus answered viewer calls and letters (people used to write!), given tours, written the company newsletter and once drove NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon to the local airport. My travels have been varied…I’ve been to Martinsville, Darlington, Indy and Super Bowls; the America’s Cup (all 3) in San Diego and College GameDay in the sport’s meccas such as Eugene, Auburn, Lubbock, Stillwater and more; the NBA Finals, Wimbledon (16 times and counting) and the “other Bristol,” the one with a race track in Tennessee. These days, my main areas are tennis, UFC, boxing, network-wide ratings (by month/quarter/year), and corporate communications documents, including fact sheets, chronologies, lists and nearly 35 of the Year in Review press releases. UPDATE EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER: Today, November 11, 2022, I am retiring from ESPN -- 36 years to the day I began. As I ride off into the sunset – top down and E Street Radio blaring – I do so with so many wonderful memories, proud of my contributions and a heart full of gratitude for the opportunity. 
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